Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48901
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.024306
Description
In April 1945, fourteen-year-old Hideki, who was drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to kill American soldiers. He just wants to find his family. The story includes profanity, slurs, and violence.