A Fire upon the Deep cover

A Fire upon the Deep

Author: Vinge, Vernor

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 6.1
Points 32.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 200849
Points per Word 0.000159
Page Count 613
Points per Page 0.052202

Description

Fleeing a menace of galactic proportions, a spaceship crashes on an unfamiliar world, leaving the survivors, a pair of children, to the mercies of a medieval race. A small group sets out to rescue them, knowing they hold the key to destroying the menace.