Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
59443
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
317
Points per Page
0.028391
Description
In 1875, Mexicans and Texans are still spilling blood over ownership of the Nueces Strip when Captain L. H. McNelly, is brought in to keep the peace. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations and violence.