Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
18347
Points per Word
0.000164
Page Count
119
Points per Page
0.02521
Description
This book examines the true story of a lock of hair clipped from Beethoven's head, its 1943 transport to a safe house in Denmark, its auction in 1994, and scientists' work to determine the cause of the composer's death. The coauthor is Lydia Nibley.