Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
6912
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
The fictionalized diary of a twelve-year-old boy who joins the Union army as a drummer and ends up fighting in the Civil War.