Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
65902
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
274
Points per Page
0.036496
Description
Only eighteen years old when she is sent to Afghanistan, British army medic Ellie Nielson is continually at odds with her hardnosed bunkmate, Heidi Larson, but connects with a mysterious Afghan girl and local children as well as an American lieutenant.