Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
3060
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Description
A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet, young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation. Many years later, she returns his kindness.