Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
22520
Points per Word
0.000133
Page Count
161
Points per Page
0.018634
Series
Based on a True Story
Description
Based on the true experiences of orphan train twins Nettie and Nellie Crook, who were put on a train headed west after being separated from their parents and unhappily placed with a family before being rescued and finding a home.