Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
43010
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
175
Points per Page
0.04
Description
The setting for this story is a small rural town in southwestern Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Many struggled to survive, as did Turkey John, who lived in a dugout earthen house and fished and hunted for his livelihood.