Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41594
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
184
Points per Page
0.032609
Description
Twelve-year-old orphan Roo Fanshaw is sent to live with an uncle she never knew in a largely uninhabited mansion on Cough Rock Island and discovers a wild river boy, an invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a hidden garden.