Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
54851
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
252
Points per Page
0.031746
Description
Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend’s family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.