Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41206
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
198
Points per Page
0.030303
Description
Courage and desperation lead fifteen-year-old David and his father to flee Cuba's represive regime and seek freedom by taking to the sea on a raft headed for Miami.