Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.7
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
60068
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
285
Points per Page
0.031579
Description
In the 1890s, 16-year-old Eqariusaq is caught between traditional Inuit life with her lazy husband, Angulluk, and the world of Lieutenant Peary and his family and crew, who call her Billy Bah. The plot contains sexual references and violence.