Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
70734
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
273
Points per Page
0.040293
Description
Anxious since her father's death, ten-year-old Essie fears the worst when she moves to North Brother Island with her mother and new stepfather. Story has mild profanity, violence, gender and cultural bias, and negative stereotypes.