Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
33387
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
162
Points per Page
0.030864
Description
Recently orphaned, fourteen-year-old Ephraim Darter is determined to make the long journey from western Virginia to Texas, where he hopes to find adventure and a place to call home.