Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34173
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
168
Points per Page
0.029762
Description
It is 1915 and the Ferriers are the first settlers to come to this stretch of country. Sam gradually discovers that there is much more to the flat prairie than he realized -- gleaming white skulls, torrential thunderstorms, and best of all, a new friend.