Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
2500
Points per Word
0.0002
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
A mysterious being snatches up all the children who disobey the tribal curfew, until two brave children, taken during a legitimate errand, turn the monster into ashes, which survive to this day as mosquitoes. The coauthor is Anne Cameron.