Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48143
Points per Word
0.000145
Description
The Marsden family are in desperate trouble. If they can't pay their debts, they will lose their home. So Will and his father, Sir James - and Meg the serving girl who refuses to be left behind - set sail for London with a cargo of coal to sell.