Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42152
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.034091
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jay Smith's life is filled with adventure and the colorful people he meets working along the Alaska Highway in 1942. As the highway nears completion, Jay's uncle disappears in the Valley of Lost Planes, and Jay sets off to find him.