Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.0
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
62404
Points per Word
0.000144
Page Count
320
Points per Page
0.028125
Description
The fortunes of a German immigrant family are followed through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.