Up Close: John Steinbeck cover

Up Close: John Steinbeck

Author: Meltzer, Milton

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level 7.6
Points 6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 36222
Points per Word 0.000166
Page Count 237
Points per Page 0.025316

Description

A complicated man, Steinbeck fought his way through three marriages, was a distant father, and battled with alcoholism. He wrote because he was compelled to, yet he always doubted his abilities and lived in fear of never writing a decent book.