Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
33857
Points per Word
0.000148
Description
Talorca is a Pictish girl living in north-east Scotland in 799 AD. When the Dalriadans arrive in her village, her world is turned upside down. She decides to hatch a plan to drive them out with only a mythical Pictish Beast to help her.