Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
73865
Points per Word
0.000149
Description
Tim Milmullen, a fifteen-year-old boy, wrestles with whether to take up the title of Mourner--a tradition in his family since 1699 in which Milmullens defend the town of Moutonby against the monster of the lake.