Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
6907
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
110
Points per Page
0.009091
Description
In 1828, off the Newfoundland Isle aux Morts, seventeen-year-old Ann Harvey, her father and younger brother came upon the wreck of the "Despatch." Ann’s courage and strength at the oars of the rescue boat were largely responsible for saving 160 people.