Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.8
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
22015
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
104
Points per Page
0.028846
Description
Set during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, the novel follows teenage Adam, who is fishing off the coast of Honolulu when Japanese planes bomb the U.S. Navy fleet. Adam's father serves as a lieutenant aboard the battleship Arizona, and Adam must navigate the chaos and devastation of the attack while searching for his father. The story provides a young person's perspective on the historic event and its immediate aftermath.