Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.8
Points
16.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
98173
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
291
Points per Page
0.054983
Description
Gabriel, an African-American teen who has moved with his mother from New York to live on his stepfather's Kansas homestead, brings trouble down upon himself and his family when he leaves the farm to join a group of cowboys who turn out to be criminals.