The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy cover

The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy

Author: Myers, Walter Dean

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.0
Points 4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 28769
Points per Word 0.000139
Page Count 158
Points per Page 0.025316

Description

In 1871, Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss.