Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.8
Points
19.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
119542
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
279
Points per Page
0.0681
Description
This book tells the story of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her even at the cost of his life.