Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.9
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42098
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
211
Points per Page
0.028436
Description
In 1990, when President Bush calls up troops to fight the Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, the Herrick family faces a terrifying reality. Rosalys Herrick, the mother, is called up and shipped to the desert thousands of miles away with her Army unit.