Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.1
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
50134
Points per Word
0.00018
Page Count
191
Points per Page
0.04712
Description
The book is about eleven-year-old Peter, an apprentice in colonial Massachusetts, who becomes caught up in the events leading to the Boston Massacre and the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Peter finds himself adrift on the high seas, separated from his father and uncertain if he will ever return to Boston. The story follows his journey through these tumultuous historical events.