Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.0
Points
29.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
167973
Points per Word
0.000173
Page Count
496
Points per Page
0.058468
Description
Devlin Stead, an orphan in late-nineteenth-century Newfoundland, is being raised by his aunt and less than loving uncle. His life is changed when he begins to receive letters from a New York physician who wants Devlin to become his apprentice.