Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
7169
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
42
Points per Page
0.02381
Description
Nine-year-old Laura writes in her journal about the boredom, excitement, and the danger that she and her family face while sailing from Japan to the Arctic seas aboard the whaling ship captained by her father. The coauthor is Connie Roop.