Soldier Boy cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 6.1
Points 6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 34283
Points per Word 0.000175
Page Count 166
Points per Page 0.036145

Description

On 28 June 1915, young James Martin sailed from Melbourne on the troopship "Berrima" - bound, ultimately, for Gallipoli. He was just fourteen years old. This is the story of how an inexperienced and enthusiastic boy became Australia's youngest Anzac.