Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1039
Points per Word
0.000481
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This fictional story is based on real-life events. Astro, an orphaned sea lion, was found and then raised at the Marine Mammal Center in California. When released, he kept swimming back to the Center, just like a lost dog finding his way home.