Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42918
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
204
Points per Page
0.029412
Description
Her parents' gambling addiction robs twelve-year-old First Mate of her childhood as she must care for her younger siblings and earn money to pay family expenses.