Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.0
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48146
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
211
Points per Page
0.033175
Description
When 16-year-old Valya's mother is killed during the siege of Stalingrad, Valya is left with a burning desire to join with her older sister, a member of the famous and feared Night Witches, a brigade of young female pilots. The plot contains profanity.