Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
37463
Points per Word
0.00016
Description
After the death of his parents, Doug fears that he and his brother and sisters will be separated. Rather than face the break-up of what's left of their family, they escape to Perth. For over a year they evade the authorities but time is running out.