Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5690
Points per Word
0.000176
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.041667
Series
Canadian Immigration
Description
This book is a history of the quarantine station on Grosse Ile, an island 50 kilometers from Quebec, discussing the cholera outbreaks of the early 1830s, the deadly summer of 1847, and improvements in the station's conditions in the early 20th century.