Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.4
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
80398
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
276
Points per Page
0.047101
Description
Claire’s family must sell their two best and most beloved horses. But plucky Claire cannot bear to lose them. Disguised as a deaf boy, Claire stows away in a wagon heading south--and straight into the chaos of the American Civil War.