Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.7
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
111218
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
384
Points per Page
0.044271
Description
Under his leadership, Jake Holman's colonists have prospered on the planet Greentrees, despite their position between two alien species, the belligerent Furs and the pacifistic Vines. The Vine develops a virus to even the Furs' warlike nature.