Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.2
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51061
Points per Word
0.000176
Page Count
279
Points per Page
0.032258
Description
Set in 1870, a shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger. This story is based on an actual incident.