Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
11.2
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52913
Points per Word
0.000208
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.057292
Series
Children's Classics
Description
When a mysterious engineer calling himself Robur the Conqueror claims to have invented a flying machine, he is dismissed as a hoaxer. In order to prove his critics wrong, he kidnaps three detractors and embarks on a journey of discovery and adventure.