Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.8
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
77956
Points per Word
0.00018
Page Count
416
Points per Page
0.033654
Description
This book is based on journalist Sebastian Junger's experiences in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008, as he spent time with a platoon of the 173rd Airborne brigade in Korengal Valley. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and graphic violence.