Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.3
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4148
Points per Word
0.000241
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This book presents a short history of the transcontinental railroad that stretched across the nation from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California, and describes those who built it.