Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
14295
Points per Word
0.00021
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.026786
Description
This detailed history begins with the story of Peter Spitzner and his daughter's escape through Checkpoint Charlie. It also describes the construction of the wall in 1961, life in East Berlin and West Berlin, and how the wall ultimately fell.