Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.8
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3743
Points per Word
0.000267
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
We the People
Description
This book describes how the rancho way of life became widespread in California after Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821. They owned huge cattle herds and often came from wealthy families who, for generations, had already owned land in Spain.