Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War cover

Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War

Author: Frost, Helen

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 4.3
Points 3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 19862
Points per Word 0.000151
Page Count 138
Points per Page 0.021739

Description

Told in free verse, twelve-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and tension brought by the War of 1812.