Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
20871
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
123
Points per Page
0.02439
Series
Orca Young Readers
Description
Junior Canadian Rangers Colly and Jaz visit Colly's uncle on Canada's Arctic coast, where they discover that gyrfalcons, the official bird of the Northwest Territories, are being hunted by poachers. The two friends investigate the illegal hunting and find themselves in a dangerous race to stop the poachers. The story is set in the pingo region of the Canadian Arctic.