Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
6.2
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59875
Points per Word
0.000167
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ben is in Africa with his father. But the people in the remote village where they're staying are frightened. Behind the door of every hut someone lies dying, and when his dad falls ill Ben must go out into the jungle for help.