Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.2
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
15851
Points per Word
0.000189
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.026786
Description
This book describes the journeys west made by many settlers in the mid-1800s-mostly overland, but also by sea-discussing their reasons for going, the difficulties they faced, and life on the way.