Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
35727
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
171
Points per Page
0.02924
Series
Heartland
Description
"After the Storm" is about Amy, a young girl working at Heartland horse farm, who must confront her guilt about her mother's death when Spartan, the horse she and her mother rescued before the accident, arrives at the farm. The horse has changed since the accident and shows anger toward Amy. Through caring for Spartan, Amy must learn to forgive herself before the horse can trust her again.