Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
35696
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.039062
Description
Sarah and R. J., residents of a small town on the Texas coast in the 1850s, investigate whether the camels that have been shipped to their town are really a front for some illegal cargo, such as slaves.