Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.7
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
75253
Points per Word
0.000159
Page Count
296
Points per Page
0.040541
Description
All his life, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau is troubled by the way Americans mistreat tribes like the Osage, Arikara, and Mandan. As a man of mixed ancestry, he must ultimately choose which of the two heritages is more important to him.