Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
72515
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
295
Points per Page
0.037288
Description
After the death of the stern aunt who raised them since they were orphaned, eleven-year-old Sallie and her fifteen-year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read.