Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
24647
Points per Word
0.000162
Description
They were poineers - the ship's rats who found themselves in a strange new land. England was three-quarters of a year's sailing time away. The year was 1788. Among the pioneers in Australia was Watkin Stench, a young black rat.