Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
554
Points per Word
0.000903
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
A desert town, once the end of the line for shipping cattle, is no longer a stopping point for the railroad. People continue to live in the desert because they enjoy it. The coauthor is Arthur Geisert.