Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.0
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
16004
Points per Word
0.000187
Description
1834. James Brine is bound for Australia on a convict ship. His crime is joining with other men to ask for fair pay. His punishment is transportation: seven long years, far from everything he knows and loves.