Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.0
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
56178
Points per Word
0.00016
Description
Ralph is frightened but excited when he opens the coffin of a creature, buried under a cairn. Soon he is tormented by guilt as he realises that others are aware of his discovery, and the Earth has been sucked into an ancient war between alien species.