Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
49222
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
208
Points per Page
0.038462
Description
In the early days of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven.