Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
89190
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
277
Points per Page
0.050542
Description
Little Britches becomes the man in his family after his father's early death. During the summer of his twelfth year, he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak.