Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2222
Points per Word
0.000225
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Series
Picture the American Past
Description
This book focuses on the experiences of children during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, when prolonged drought, coupled with farming techniques, caused massive erosion from Texas to Canada's wheat fields.