Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
37939
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
185
Points per Page
0.032432
Series
Dear Canada
Description
Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio and is unable to move her legs. After a few weeks, she gains partial recovery, but her family makes the painful decision to send her to a hospital far away for further treatment.