Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.5
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
18390
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
157
Points per Page
0.019108
Description
This tragic story of 140 girls and young women killed by gunpowder explosions in three arsenals producing ammunition for Civil War armies reveals details previously unfamiliar even to Civil War historians.