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The First Marathon: The Legend of Pheidippides

Author: Reynolds, Susan

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 5.5
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 2404
Points per Word 0.000208
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

Twenty-five hundred years ago, a small band of Greeks faced the huge Persian army. Given the horrendous odds, help was a necessity. A young runner ran 140 miles to Sparta to request aid and then ran back to help defeat the enemy.