Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2573
Points per Word
0.000194
Page Count
60
Points per Page
0.008333
Description
It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and families are traveling together, riding America's brand-new transcontinental railroad.