Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.0
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
55949
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
249
Points per Page
0.036145
Description
Running from his grieving father, thirteen-year-old Stanley joins the army during World War I and is assigned to the War Dog School, where he hopes to be sent to France in order to find his brother.