Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32341
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
142
Points per Page
0.035211
Description
In 1883, when a drought drives free-range cattlemen to shred Texas ranchers' barbed wire fences and steal water, thirteen-year-old Jesse works hard to help while dealing with his father and brother's falling-out and his own fear of guns.