Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.4
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
46291
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
229
Points per Page
0.030568
Description
In a futuristic society, sixteen-year-old Gem discovers that a group of people who call themselves the Waterbound live hidden beneath the city. The Waterbound are a community of individuals with disabilities who have created their own society in the underground tunnels. Gem's journey involves uncovering the secrets of this hidden community and navigating the divide between the surface world and the world below.