Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.9
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
54374
Points per Word
0.000184
Page Count
242
Points per Page
0.041322
Description
This book re-creates the experience of a band of Israeli soldiers charged with holding a remote outpost in Lebanon during an unnamed war that foreshadowed the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. The text contains profanity.