Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.7
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
67157
Points per Word
0.000164
Description
When a diphtheria outbreak forces 12-year-old Cissy to leave her Oklahoma hometown in the 1890s, she and her two classmates embark on an adventure down the Missouri River with a team of travelling actors who are living on a dilapidated paddle steamer.