Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.3
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45717
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
137
Points per Page
0.051095
Description
Mall Percival tells how the plague came to her Derbyshire village of Eyam in the year 1665, how the villagers determined to isolate themselves to prevent further spread of the disease, and how three-fourths of them died the following year.