Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.4
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3625
Points per Word
0.000276
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Picture the American Past
Description
In 1879, the U.S. government began to send Indian children from their reservations to boarding schools. This book looks at how the friendship, pride, and support from home helped these children face a devastating attempt to destroy their culture.