Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
13006
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
This book portrays Hernando de Soto as both a pirate and explorer who, while a failure in some ways, had a lasting influence through such actions as introducing pigs to the Americas.