Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.2
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
16831
Points per Word
0.000178
Page Count
93
Points per Page
0.032258
Series
Lives of...
Description
The lives of 20 writers, ranging from Dickens, the Brontes, and Poe to Twain, Sandburg, and Langston Hughes, are profiled in this eclectic, humorous, and informative collection.