Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53195
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
After her mother dies, 12-year-old Talia McQuinn goes to the Arctic with her father, a whale researcher. Over the course of one summer and several unlikely friendships, Talia learns that stories have the power to connect us and pull us out of darkness.