Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
86764
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
287
Points per Page
0.04878
Series
Tales of the Otori
Description
In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it.