Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
6.3
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
72409
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
367
Points per Page
0.032698
Description
In 1868, with his army officer father posted to India and his mother mysteriously "unwell," 14-year-old Sherlock is sent to stay with his uncle and aunt in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murder. The plot contains violence. Book #1