Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
12476
Points per Word
0.00016
Description
It is 1853, and the fast new railway trains are a real threat to the canal boatman's livelihood. For Jack's family the only solution is for all of them to take to the waterways.