Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1384
Points per Word
0.000361
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
In 1987, Islip, New York, has no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage. So, it loads the garbage onto a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, and to Belize in search of a place willing to accept the smelly cargo.