Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
16491
Points per Word
0.000182
Page Count
126
Points per Page
0.02381
Description
A seagull, dying from the effects of an oil spill, entrusts her egg to Zorba the cat, who promises to care for it until her chick hatches, then teach the chick to fly.