Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
29414
Points per Word
0.000204
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.034091
Series
Profiles in Science
Description
This biography examines the life of English astronomer Caroline Herschel, discussing her early bout with typhus and focusing on her work in astronomy, during which she helped her brother William and made independent discoveries of her own.