Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
21878
Points per Word
0.000137
Page Count
127
Points per Page
0.023622
Series
Passages to History
Description
Sixteen-year-old Peter McCall wants to become a doctor. But on the way to medical school in England, he is kidnapped. To make matters worse, a pirate named Riley holds a personal grudge against the boy. So even if the ransom is paid will he be let go?