Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
16368
Points per Word
0.000122
Series
Survivors (Barron's)
Description
It is 1967 in South Vietnam and it is the height of the war. Thirteen-year-old Xuan is horrified when his village is destroyed in a bomb attack. He is forced to make a dangerous journey in the hope of finding sanctuary with his brother in Saigon.