Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.3
Points
10.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61650
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
256
Points per Page
0.039062
Description
In turbulent sixteenth-century Japan, orphaned Taro is taken in by a general serving the great warlord Takeda Shingen, and grows up to become a samurai fighting for the enemies of his dead family.