Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
3.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
4203
Points per Word
0.000238
Page Count
44
Points per Page
0.022727
Description
Bill and his brother Curt are members of a flatboat crew on a trip down the Mississippi to sell a load of cotton. The crew must make their way back north via the Trace, a well-worn but dangerous trail.