Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38120
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Having been kidnapped from a ship leaving plague-ridden Athens in 430 B.C., twelve-year-old Nic attempts to escape his captors and keep his promise to meet his friend at the Olympic games.