Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
73543
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
286
Points per Page
0.038462
Description
Lucy Scott Mitchum isn't sure how she feels about California, but that is where she and her family are going. Before they arrive, there will be endless miles of prairie, mountains, swollen rivers, hostile Indians, disease, and madness.