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.