Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34711
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.026042
Description
Living on a poor island in 1932, a young boy determines, despite his family's bitter opposition, to identify and somehow bring to justice the liquor smugglers who have been terrorizing the island.