Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
19.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
124123
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
342
Points per Page
0.055556
Description
As a teacher in a tiny gold-mining community in 1927, nineteen-year-old Anne Hobbs has the courage not only to brave the Alaska wilderness but also to face down the community's violent disapproval when she dares to treat the local Indians as human beings.