Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27752
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
203
Points per Page
0.019704
Description
After his father dies fighting for the Union, thirteen-year-old Tom takes a job at the local ironworks, where he helps build a ship for the Union army and is approached by Confederate spies to sell the ship's secrets.