Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4659
Points per Word
0.000215
Page Count
487
Points per Page
0.002053
Description
Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a child soldier at age five, Michel Chikwanine tells his painful yet ultimately uplifting story.