Connecting the Coasts: The Race to Build the Transcontinental Railroad cover

Connecting the Coasts: The Race to Build the Transcontinental Railroad

Author: Lewis, Norma

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.8
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 3313
Points per Word 0.000302
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.03125
Series Fact Finders; Adventures on the American Frontier

Description

This book examines the Transcontinental Railroad by discussing why it was needed and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the nation as well as the people and places involved.