Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
8385
Points per Word
0.000119
Page Count
44
Points per Page
0.022727
Description
An imagined series of letters between David Glasgow Farragut and his father chronicle Farragut's experiences as the youngest midshipman aboard the U.S. Navy warship, the "Essex," during the War of 1812. The coauthor is Connie Roop.