Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
22780
Points per Word
0.000132
Page Count
133
Points per Page
0.022556
Description
The train that Barney is on has to stop in a tunnel during an attack from a German plane. To pass the time, a stranger tells him the story of a soldier who fought in the trenches during World War I.