Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.4
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
19558
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.01875
Description
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River area in Alaska, this is the inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine.