Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.4
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36973
Points per Word
0.000162
Description
After a bomb comes through the roof of the air raid shelter, Billy is horribly burned, and angry at a world in which he will always be a freak. But a precious gift from a soldier who is also disfigured gives him hope and a reason for living.