Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36432
Points per Word
0.000165
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.034091
Description
In 1895, after his mother's death, twelve-year-old Nathan moves with his father and grandfather to Pea Island off the coast of North Carolina, where he hopes to join the all-black crew at the nearby lifesaving station, despite his father's objections.