Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
35002
Points per Word
0.000171
Page Count
174
Points per Page
0.034483
Description
This book recounts the history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments, comprised of African American soldiers organized in 1867 to protect Western settlers. The text contains episodes of violence.