Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1311
Points per Word
0.000381
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.007812
Description
Sixteen-year-old Bill finds adventure when he becomes a rider for the Pony Express (though his letters home never hint at the dangers he encounters).