Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.8
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
33649
Points per Word
0.000178
Page Count
180
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
This tale relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who in 1883 journeys in a balloon across the Pacific Ocean, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually rescued in the Atlantic Ocean.