Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
50361
Points per Word
0.000139
Page Count
256
Points per Page
0.027344
Series
Hidden Histories
Description
Casita, a ten-year-old Lipan Apache girl, has led a peaceful life with her tribe in Mexico. But peace is shattered when the U.S. Cavalry slaughters her people. She survives but is sent to the Carlisle Indian School to assimilate into American culture.