Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47002
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
286
Points per Page
0.024476
Description
When eleven-year-old Mark and his mother lose touch with his father's Gobi Desert expedition, the two go to Venice, Italy, and there, while waiting for news of his father, learns about the legendary Marco Polo and his adventures in the Far East.