Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
77966
Points per Word
0.000154
Description
Dirk Wildlight is reluctantly taken in by the settlers of Tilmore, only to be treated with suspicion, neglect and cruelty. A strange turn in fortune leads him not only towards freedom, but to an understanding of the mystery of his earliest years.