Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
27631
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
137
Points per Page
0.029197
Description
In 1881 in New York City, 12-year-old Kevin O'Donnell struggles to support his sick father and young sister by working as a messenger for a prominent newspaper.