Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.3
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5241
Points per Word
0.000191
Page Count
81
Points per Page
0.012346
Description
This book tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge.