Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36140
Points per Word
0.000166
Description
Lizzie Harvey is a convict transported to Australia. Her diary tells of her experiences, the agonising wait for the supply ships and the desperate struggle for food and shelter in the strange new land.