Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52847
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
243
Points per Page
0.032922
Description
Orphans Penny and Nick run away with Ben, a fifteen-year-old boy whose father has been reported missing in the Pacific during World War II, and help him honor a promise he made to his dad to find a Lion's Paw. The plot contains negative stereotyping.