Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
3769
Points per Word
0.000265
Page Count
96
Points per Page
0.010417
Description
The book follows a group of boys from Suffolk, England, who sign up to fight in World War I in 1914, thinking it will be an adventure. As the war progresses, they experience the reality of trench warfare. The story culminates in the famous Christmas Day 1914 truce when soldiers from both sides leave their trenches to play football together in No Man's Land.