Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1014
Points per Word
0.000493
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Andersen Press Picture Books
Description
When a stray is adopted by a young soldier about to go to war, no one predicts that little dog's amazing courage, bravery and loyalty. But then he is seriously injured by a shell. Will Corporal Conroy ever see him again? Based on a true story.