Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
20.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
129593
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
400
Points per Page
0.05
Description
To Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent, and cantankerous rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a foe that he must fight on his own grounds. Charlie and his family struggle to make the ranch survive until the time it rains again.