Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.9
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51861
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
214
Points per Page
0.037383
Description
In the tumultuous dark underworld, where a "fresh subject" can fetch as much as nine guineas, twelve-year-old Victor must risk his life to uncover the identity of the ghoulish murderer who is at the very heart of London's furtive trade in human corpses.