Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.3
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
85390
Points per Word
0.000152
Description
After being freed from slavery, Charlotte decides to join the US army in the guise of a man and changes her name to Charley. She is sent to the American frontier to fight native American Indian tribes, where death is always near at hand.