Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.2
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
22041
Points per Word
0.000181
Page Count
120
Points per Page
0.033333
Description
This book examines the system established to care for abandoned babies in England in the 18th century due primarily to the efforts of humanitarian Thomas Coram and looks at the lives of orphaned children in the foundling hospitals and foster homes.