Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
55693
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
255
Points per Page
0.035294
Description
Four years after Alfie's father left London to become a soldier in World War I, he has not returned. Alfie, now age nine, is shining shoes in King's Cross when he learns his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.