Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
29499
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
227
Points per Page
0.017621
Description
For months, the pending war has enveloped small-town Keokuk, so when a steamboat arrives with the news that Iowa has been called up to represent the Union, Ike is beside himself with excitement. The plot contains racial slurs in historical context.