Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41604
Points per Word
0.000168
Page Count
197
Points per Page
0.035533
Description
In 1587, sailing to Spain, seventeen-year-old Thomas Sprye finds that, with the sudden death of his master, he must take over as ship's surgeon and prove his skill not only as a doctor but also a fighter.