Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
70202
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
336
Points per Page
0.032738
Description
Rex, a young boy from the town of Opum Oppidulum, attempts to prove his father Ambrose Grammaticus is not insane after Ambrose is imprisoned in an asylum on an island at the center of Lake Beluarum, a lake rumored to contain a monster. With the help of friends, Rex must navigate the dangerous town and lake while confronting his evil stepmother, who stands in the way of freeing his father. The book is set in a mysterious, eerie atmosphere where Rex works to uncover the truth behind his father's false imprisonment.