Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
28966
Points per Word
0.000138
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.027778
Series
American Diaries
Description
Amelina's Cajun community has been uninvolved in the war, but her farm may be lost if Yankees sweep through the area. Everything Amelina has heard about the Yankees is challenged and she is forced to make her own decisions about right and wrong.