Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46855
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
250
Points per Page
0.028
Description
In the coal mining region of mid-nineteenth century eastern Pennsylvania, Phin witnesses a murder and runs for his life, pursued by a mysterious man and a horse with the instincts of a bloodhound.