Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62592
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
255
Points per Page
0.039216
Description
This historical novel dramatizes King Piankhy's invasion of Egypt in the eighth century B.C. through the eyes of Nebi, a fourteen-year-old Egyptian slave who narrowly escapes a brutal attack that kills his master and goes on to help Piankhy win the war.