Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48170
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.036458
Description
When eleven-year-old Bobbie Lynn's father is reported missing in action in Vietnam, she and her thirteen-year-old brother must learn to cope with their own despair as well as their mother's breakdown.