In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
Author: Stanton, Doug
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.3
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
74043
Points per Word
0.000189
Page Count
339
Points per Page
0.041298
Description
Only 316 of the 1,196 men onboard the USS "Indianapolis" survived a torpedo attack in 1945. Interweaving the stories of three survivors, the Captain, the ship's doctor, and a young marine, this is an account of a little-known chapter in World War II.