Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2870
Points per Word
0.000174
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Description
Fact-based text outlines the impact that the invention of the steam locomotive and the construction of the transcontinental railroad had on travel in the American West and its expansion.