Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
51317
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
240
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
Twelve-year-old Libby, the daughter of a cattle farmer, raises two calves in hopes of winning the steer competition at the county fair but fails to follow her father's warning about developing a bond with animals destined to be sold at auction.