Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61947
Points per Word
0.000145
Description
Ben Huntsmore is the son of a ship owner, an only child who loves the farming life. When Ben's father loses their ancestral home to pay a gambling debt, Ben reluctantly joins his father in a desperate venture to win back their home.