Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
32844
Points per Word
0.000183
Page Count
170
Points per Page
0.035294
Description
History finally comes out of the water-closet in this exploration of how people's need to relieve themselves shaped human development from ancient times to the present.