Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
16948
Points per Word
0.000177
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.026786
Series
American Stories
Description
This book recreates the adventurous life of the explorer, Hernando de Soto, who, in 1541, was the first European to cross the Mississippi River.