Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.5
Points
35.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
210835
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
464
Points per Page
0.075431
Description
Thorvald, having always felt apart from the community of Norse warriors and gentlefolk inhabiting the Orkney Isles, learns upon coming to manhood that he is really the son of Somerled, a war leader exiled for treachery, and sets out to find his parent.