Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
2001
Points per Word
0.00025
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
In 1888, Owney, a stray puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot. Over the course of nine years, Owney guards the mail, not only in Albany but on mail trains that travel all over the United States.