Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.4
Points
22.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
117916
Points per Word
0.000187
Page Count
651
Points per Page
0.033794
Description
In 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they reached the island's highest peak and raised the American flag. The coauthor is Ron Powers.