Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.1
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52069
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
198
Points per Page
0.040404
Description
Shalako was a white man as cunning as any Indian, a brooding man who trusted only his weapon and his horse. Determined to cross the bleak Sonoran Desert by himself, he comes across a woman, stranded and defenseless, and a European hunting party.