Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45140
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
210
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
Katherine, a widow, and her two children leave Oregon for the Idaho gold fields.When they arrive, they discover there is no place to live but in a tent and nothing to eat but beans.