Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
31862
Points per Word
0.000157
Description
In 1849 Lucas Whitaker watches his entire family die from consumption. After his mother's death he hears about an unorthodox cure for the disease, which involves digging up the body of he first family victim.