Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4384
Points per Word
0.000228
Page Count
30
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
The year is 1230 B.C., during the reign of Ramses the Great in ancient Egypt. Through cross-section illustrations, follow the thirty-day voyage of eleven-year-old Dedia and his father as they sail down the Nile River. The text is by Stewart Ross.