Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
15906
Points per Word
0.000126
Page Count
118
Points per Page
0.016949
Description
In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him.