Julia and the Shark cover

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.