Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.8
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
31910
Points per Word
0.000157
Description
Julia and the Shark follows ten-year-old Julia, who accompanies her scientist mother and father to a remote island in the Shetlands for the summer. Her mother is on a mission to find the elusive Greenland shark, a rare creature that may be older than trees. Julia, who loves marine biology and the mysteries of the ocean, becomes involved in the search. The story explores their time on the island as they pursue this mysterious deep-sea creature.