Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
40907
Points per Word
0.000147
Page Count
198
Points per Page
0.030303
Description
This heartfelt story begins in 1854 on the streets of New York City, where thousands of homeless children, immigrants, and natives are fighting to survive. Charles Loring Brace, founder of the Children's Aid Society, made a plan to rescue the children.