Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.7
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
83308
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
404
Points per Page
0.032178
Description
In 1936 Berlin, 14-yr-old Karl, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust. The plot contains mild profanity, sexual references and violence.