Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42676
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.036458
Description
Barry Blacker is obsessed with being a soldier. He is desperate to join the army like his older brother Jack, who is in a Japanese POW camp.