Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46061
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
244
Points per Page
0.028689
Description
Joel Bloom chronicles his life experiences during the 1950s and 1960s, which eventually lead him to oppose the war in Vietnam and to flee to Canada rather than be forced to kill Vietnamese. The plot contains profanity and violence.