Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.8
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
15933
Points per Word
0.000126
Page Count
127
Points per Page
0.015748
Description
In 1950, Maggie Higgins was made bureau chief of the Far East Asia desk for the New York Herald Tribune. She was sent to the Korean peninsula, where tensions were high during WWII. Themes include mild violence and sexism. #11