Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5776
Points per Word
0.000173
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
Difficult & Dangerous
Description
This book describes the true stories of Edward Whymper, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the Andes plane crash survivors, Arlene Blum, and Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, who survived harrowing experiences in the mountains.