Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.0
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
8188
Points per Word
0.000122
Page Count
92
Points per Page
0.01087
Series
Astonishing Headlines
Description
This book contains five true stories of planes shot down in times of war and peace, including the attack on Chuck Yeager's fighter plane over France, and the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by the Soviet Union.