Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41900
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
178
Points per Page
0.033708
Description
After his father goes off to war during the summer of 1918, eleven-year-old Joe, along with his friends, contends with the town bullies and tries to figure out the meaning of courage.