Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61918
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
306
Points per Page
0.029412
Description
Naive and bumbling Carlo, his camel-puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities of the infamous Golden Road, as mysterious strangers try in vain to point them toward real treasures.