Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41202
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
199
Points per Page
0.030151
Description
This book provides a fictionalized account of the adventurous 1909 journey of nine-year-old Bud Abernathy and his five-year-old brother, Temp, who traveled alone from their home in Oklahoma to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and back home again.