Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
8374
Points per Word
0.000119
Page Count
42
Points per Page
0.02381
Description
A ninth-century Viking, a Chinese girl from the thirteenth century, and a nineteenth-century Prussian cartographer recount their dangerous adventures in pursuit of dragons through letters sent home from Europe, Asia, and the jungles of Africa.