Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
22829
Points per Word
0.000175
Page Count
120
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
This book recounts the adventures of seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1871-72.