Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.5
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
67613
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
325
Points per Page
0.033846
Description
When a diphtheria outbreak forces 12-year-old Cissy to leave her Oklahoma hometown in the 1890s, she and her two classmates embark on a wild adventure down the Missouri River with a team of traveling actors who are living on a dilapidated paddle steamer.