Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.4
Points
23.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
126614
Points per Word
0.000182
Page Count
398
Points per Page
0.057789
Description
This book examines the disappearance of eight American airmen shot down and taken prisoner on the remote island of Chichi Jima in World War II, the secrecy that surrounded the events for decades, and the violence inflicted by both sides in the Pacific.