Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.4
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36953
Points per Word
0.000135
Page Count
185
Points per Page
0.027027
Description
Living with his family in the rugged, often dangerous, Wyoming mountains in the 1860's, twelve-year-old Adam finds his courage put to the test when he is left in charge of the household during his stepfather's absence.