Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
24850
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.025
Description
In 1912, fearing for the safety of her beloved Newfoundland dog Sirius because of a new law outlawing non-sheepherding dogs in her Newfoundland village, twelve-year-old Maggie tries to save him by keeping him hidden.