Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
54274
Points per Word
0.000166
Description
Misha's life transforms when his father gets a job in Stalin's inner circle. But German troops are advancing on Moscow, Stalin is losing his grip and no one is safe from his secret police. Misha finds all that he believes in threatened.