Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.9
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48370
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
212
Points per Page
0.033019
Description
In 1943, twelve-year-old Rex sees his quiet New Zealand village dramatically changed by the arrival of a black American soldier on leave from the war.