Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1009
Points per Word
0.000496
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In the summer of 1941, Yankee center fielder Joe DiMaggio and his favorite bat, Betsy Ann, begin the longest hitting streak in baseball history. On the brink of World War II, DiMaggio became a hero at a time when one was profoundly needed.