Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.4
Points
19.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
121911
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
349
Points per Page
0.054441
Series
Red River of the North
Description
The Bjorklund family leaves Norway for the Dakota Territory, where they settle on the banks of the Red River. There is no way for them to foresee the price they will have to pay to wrest a living from the indomitable land.