Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34189
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
140
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
Thomas Jefferson Byrd is only thirteen years old in 1835, and has already faced the challenges of leaving homes in South Carolina and Alabama. Now he and his family are in the wilderness that is the Mexican territory of Texas.