Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62177
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
271
Points per Page
0.03321
Description
After moving with his family to Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he has a mystical connection with the black mamba, one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, which he is told will give him some of the snake's characteristics.