Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.3
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
44449
Points per Word
0.000202
Description
A thought-provoking account of the role that war, poverty, education, politics, identity, family, and friends all play in driving adolescents (age 15-18) to voluntarily join armed groups. The coauthor is Irma Specht.