Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.5
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34603
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
156
Points per Page
0.032051
Description
In 1805, a thirteen-year-old slave and his friend make a dangerous escape from Charleston, South Carolina, and stow away to head north toward freedom.