Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
39094
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
Thirteen-year-old Elin can't imagine living anywhere but the island off the coast of Maine where her father is lightkeeper--until one night in 1941 when she awakes to the sound of German torpedoes while her parents are on the mainland.