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.