Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.6
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
22281
Points per Word
0.00018
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.027778
Description
Within the thirty-one hours of terror, over 100,000 people were forced to flee the flames of the Great Chicago Fire. Eyewitness accounts and newspaper articles tell the story of some of the people affected by this calamity.