Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
48169
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
While searching for his uncle in Barrow, Alaska, a young boy joins the crew of an Eskimo whaling captain and learns the importance of whaling to the Eskimo culture.