Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34179
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
161
Points per Page
0.031056
Description
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation.