Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
10429
Points per Word
0.000192
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
In 2002, a young orca was found swimming in Puget Sound, lost and alone. Researchers soon discovered that the orca was a two-year-old named Springer. She had been separated from her family, who lived almost 400 miles away.