Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53971
Points per Word
0.000148
Description
In 1739, having escaped from slavery under the British, thirteen-year-old Jem finds himself in the custody of sharp-tongued Phaedra at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida, but his efforts to break free of Phaedra's will have surprising results.