Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
56781
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
330
Points per Page
0.027273
Description
When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship.