Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.0
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
5999
Points per Word
0.000167
Description
Set in Manchester between 1939 and 1941, the Chivers' children are evacuated to the countryside. When it looks like the Germans aren't going to attack, they return home. But then an air-raid siren goes off and their life is turned upside down.