Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.3
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62221
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
276
Points per Page
0.036232
Series
Adventures of a Young Sailor
Description
The story of a young boy who goes to sea in 1800, when Britain was at war with France, and ends up in the Royal Navy, working as a Powder Monkey: a highly dangerous job as the boy who supplies the cannons with gunpowder in battle.