Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
18027
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
70
Points per Page
0.042857
Description
Relates the experiences of two young people growing up on the Texas frontier from their arrival with the first settlers from the United States in 1823 through the struggle for Texas independence.