Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
23887
Points per Word
0.000167
Description
Josie goes to stay with her cousin, Edith, to avoid the shame she felt when her brother refused to fight in the war; but when Edith and her friends begin teasing a shy classmate, Josie is afraid to take a stand against it for fear her secret is revealed.