Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.7
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51646
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
333
Points per Page
0.024024
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Manjiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships.