Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42715
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
220
Points per Page
0.031818
Description
In 1791, after being transported to Australia in the 1st shipment of convicts, Mary Bryant and seven other convicts, unable to endure the terrible conditions of the penal colony, organize a daring escape in an open boat. The coauthor is Loretta Hausman.