Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
49918
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
In 1867, after his father's death and his mother's remarriage, fourteen-year-old Tyler and his black friend Isaac set out on the Missouri River headed west to seek their fortunes, encountering an unsavory keelboat captain and a Sioux Chief along the way.