Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1544
Points per Word
0.000324
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Sommer-Time Stories-Classics
Description
In this retelling, slave Androcles risks his life for freedom. While in hiding, he develops an unusual friendship with an injured lion. Both Androcles and the lion are captured, and Androcles's punishment leads him to freedom.