Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
65808
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
310
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
Teenagers Hana and Taro are dealing with the horrors of war in Japan in 1945. Hana survived being buried alive and Taro, a talented violinist, prepares to die for his country as a kamikaze pilot.