Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.6
Points
19.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
128319
Points per Word
0.000148
Page Count
451
Points per Page
0.042129
Description
Eight-year-old Jos, orphaned when pirates destroy his merchant starship home, escapes slavery only to fall into the hands of the alien strit, who train him to be a warrior and spy and send him back to live among his people.