Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.6
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
58517
Points per Word
0.000171
Page Count
208
Points per Page
0.048077
Description
Joseph and Celice, married thirty years, lie murdered in the sand dunes of Baritone Bay. The story of their lives together is told as their bodies surrender to the elements and their friends search for them.