Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
82388
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
344
Points per Page
0.037791
Description
In 1945, 13-year-old Levi visits the South to find the father he hasn't seen in three years and feels his first sting of racism. Then in Oregon, he learns his father's unit will never see combat but finally has a mission. The plot contains racial slurs.