Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
683
Points per Word
0.000732
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Torn from his home and parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy starving in a concentration camp finds hope in playing Schubert on his harmonica, even when the commandant orders him to play.