Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1729
Points per Word
0.000289
Page Count
38
Points per Page
0.013158
Description
In the 1920s, after learning Morse code and setting up his own amateur radio station, a twelve-year-old boy sends a message that leads to the rescue of a family stranded by a hurricane in Florida.