Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42192
Points per Word
0.000142
Page Count
229
Points per Page
0.026201
Description
In 1903 Brooklyn, 14-year-old Joseph's life changes when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their home into a factory, while nearby Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.