Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.2
Points
22.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
119430
Points per Word
0.000184
Page Count
432
Points per Page
0.050926
Description
In a ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, this chronicles the little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph of the Coast Guard in the early years of World War II off the United States eastern seaboard.