Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.3
Points
26.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
132812
Points per Word
0.000196
Page Count
368
Points per Page
0.070652
Series
Modern Library Exploration
Description
Robert Cavelier de La Salle is among the most legendary explorers of the New World, best known for claiming the Louisiana Territory for France in 1682. Only two years later, while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, he landed in east Texas.