Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
3.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
3134
Points per Word
0.00016
Description
A patrol comes under fire in Afghanistan. A wounded soldier is helped by a sniffer dog and his handler, but tragic consequences occur. Labelled UY because of the realistic depiction of the horrors of war. Could disturb sensitve KS2 readers.