Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.0
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
35428
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
164
Points per Page
0.036585
Series
Sterling Point
Description
Among those who went with high hopes to the Klondike gold rush were author Pierre Berton's parents. In this book, Berton presents firsthand accounts of the gunfights, con men, avalanches, frostbite, and starvation endured by stampeders.