Alone on a Wide Wide Sea cover

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

Author: Morpurgo, Michael

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 5.2
Points 9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 60944
Points per Word 0.000148

Description

Orphaned in WWII, a young boy is separated from his sister and sent to Australia. There he survives a brutal existence on a farm, finds a new family, and becomes a boat builder.