Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.0
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34232
Points per Word
0.000175
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.034091
Description
A young boy is held captive by an escaped convict on an uninhabited Lake Superior island, and watches his captor change from desperate criminal to a gentler man absorbed in the abundant wildlife of the island.