Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34913
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
230
Points per Page
0.021739
Description
Kidnapped by their father, two boys escape into the mangrove swamps of Key Largo, Florida, where they learn to live on their own among the wildlife. The plot contains scenes of domestic violence.