Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
5708
Points per Word
0.000175
Page Count
80
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.