Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.3
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
63029
Points per Word
0.000143
Page Count
277
Points per Page
0.032491
Description
After his aged and mentally deteriorating grandfather leaves his family to return to his home in the Caribbean, fourteen-year-old Junius decides to follow him and witnesses his island heritage while rescuing his grandfather from a dangerous situation.