Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38536
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Living in Georgia during World War II, Shanta sometimes feels that her family and neighborhood are more hopeless battlefields than those in foreign lands.