Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.1
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
43367
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
152
Points per Page
0.046053
Description
Rusty, an old prospector, and Lo Fat and Lee, two Chinese living in the small mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada, become friends and share the excitement of finding gold in the Amargosa Desert.