Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1393
Points per Word
0.000359
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In nineteenth-century New England, Joseph Palmer flouts the law against wearing a beard and is accused by his fellow citizens of being unpatriotic and sinful, stubbornly refusing to shave even when he is sent to jail.