Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1777
Points per Word
0.000281
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This is the true story of a Montana dog. In 1936, Shep watched as his master's body was placed on a train and shipped east. For more than five years, Shep met every incoming train with hopes that he would see the man who had cared for him.