Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
43599
Points per Word
0.000161
Description
Jess is 14, lonely and scared, on a year-long voyage with her mother, stepfather and assorted crew. Dan is struggling to cope with his own eccentric family and small-town life in New Zealand. They met by accident on the 'net but now they are friends.