Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
5.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
43785
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
247
Points per Page
0.02834
Description
In 1629, Jan, a cabin boy aboard the Dutch ship "Batavia," and Wouter, a young soldier, find themselves caught up in a tragic wrecking and a bloody revolt that leaves them stranded in Australia. The plot contains sexual references and violence.