Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
75174
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
275
Points per Page
0.043636
Description
In late seventeenth century, 15-year-old Kit, driven to desperation by the starvation of one brother and mistreatment of his own simple-minded twin, realizes his dream of becoming an apprentice in London but feels drawn by duty to return home to Essex.