Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
2919
Points per Word
0.000171
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This is a comic book retelling of Alexandre Dumas' story set in seventeenth-century France. The plot involves Fouquet, the tax collector, who discovers a plot to place Philippe on the French throne and frees Louis from the Bastille. In revenge, the king orders Philippe imprisoned on an island where he must wear an iron mask for the rest of his life. The story explores themes of political intrigue, romance, and adventure.