Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story cover

Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story

Author: Friedman, Matti

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.