Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
18764
Points per Word
0.00016
Page Count
120
Points per Page
0.025
Series
Sports Heroes and Legends
Description
This biography profiles Jim Thorp, one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century, who excelled in football, baseball, and won Olympic gold medals in track and field, but as a Native American, he faced much prejudice.