Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.0
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34821
Points per Word
0.000172
Page Count
134
Points per Page
0.044776
Series
Stories for Young Americans
Description
When Bubba Willis, a hideously scarred and mentally unstable Viet Nam veteran, is blamed for a murder near Fort Hood, Texas, on the eve of the Persian Gulf War, teenagers Josh and Megan try to find the real killer.