Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
101350
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
332
Points per Page
0.048193
Description
In the 1880's, when adventure lay in the conquest of the prairie, David Beaton and his bride came to Dakota to claim three hundred acres of grassland. This is an exciting story about the Beaton's fight against huge odds and their struggle to survive.