Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
30081
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
108
Points per Page
0.046296
Description
Living on an American military base in West Germany, twelve-year-old Wes welcomes his father, a tank commander, home and witnesses an accident while bicycling near a mine field.