Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.8
Points
39.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
216563
Points per Word
0.00018
Page Count
497
Points per Page
0.078471
Description
This allegory describes the passengers on board a ship sailing from Mexico to Germany in 1931 and is a sometimes funny, often touching, and ultimately stinging examination of their insularity, hypocrisies, and pretensions.