Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
26260
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
163
Points per Page
0.02454
Description
In 1849, eleven-year-old Luke leaves his family's farm home in Iowa, accepts his uncle's offer of a chance for an education, and travels with his relative to Boston.