Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2193
Points per Word
0.000228
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In the South Pacific in 1944 and 1945, military battles raged between the United States and Japan. Surrounded by rattling bullets and exploding bombs, a group of Navajo Marines sent secret messages back and forth.