Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.5
Points
14.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
78433
Points per Word
0.000178
Page Count
321
Points per Page
0.043614
Description
In nineteenth-century England, young Charles Darwin rejects the more traditional careers of physician and clergyman, choosing instead to embark on a dangerous five-year journey by ship to explore the natural world.