Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
21805
Points per Word
0.000138
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.023438
Description
This is a fictionalized account of the wreck of the steamship Ethie which occurred on the remote western coast of Newfoundland in December 1919 and in which the dog Skipper proved his heroism.