Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
17706
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
238
Points per Page
0.012605
Series
Great Illustrated Classics
Description
In this retelling of the classic Rudyard Kipling tale, fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne, spoiled son of a millionaire, after being swept overboard from an ocean liner, is rescued by New England fishermen who put him to work on their boat.