Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
43522
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
223
Points per Page
0.03139
Description
Determined to focus on work rather than books, 12-year-old Patrick Waters leaves Belfast as a steward on the "Titanic," but the wealthy Harry Widener draws Patrick into association with thieves seeking Harry's rare edition of Francis Bacon's ESSAIES.