Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34103
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
172
Points per Page
0.02907
Series
Portraits (Scholastic)
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sylvie is a pupil at the Paris Opera Ballet, where tutus must be starched and pointe shoes fresh. Sylvie dreams of being a prima ballerina, but she is too little. Before long, her talent and drive allows her to achieve her goal.