Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1211
Points per Word
0.000413
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Old Jiro-San sits on the beach listening to the wind and waiting. Taro is fascinated by the old, wise man and when Jiro-San reveals that Japanese sea turtles, ready to lay their eggs , are on their way to the beach, Taro helps Jiro-San prepare for them.