Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.0
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
12007
Points per Word
0.000167
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
This book profiles the explorer who, upon hearing rumors of the Mississippi River, determined first to find it, then to claim it for France and establish French settlements from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.