Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46230
Points per Word
0.000151
Description
In the Stone Age village of Skara Brae on Orkney nearly 3,000 years ago, a strange boy, carrying a strangely sharp axe, rescues two of the villagers. Conflict arises as the village must decide what to do with the new ideas and practices the boy brings.