Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
118933
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
757
Points per Page
0.023778
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel, a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbours.