Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.0
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11933
Points per Word
0.000168
Page Count
46
Points per Page
0.043478
Series
Rough & Ready
Description
This book is a portrait of the diverse range of Americans who became pioneers, or "sodbusters," in the 1860s, and suffered immense hardships before they eventually triumphed over the vast prairie.