Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
870
Points per Word
0.000575
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
The young daughter of a navy man does not want him to go to sea, but he points out the red flag on the mailbox, the white clouds in the sky, and the blue ocean that will remind her of him while he is away.