Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38346
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
229
Points per Page
0.026201
Description
In 1945 Russia, those who own German shepherds are considered traitors, but thirteen-year-old Mikhail and his family are determined to keep the dog a dying man brought them, while Mikhail's classmate Katia strives to learn his secret.