Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
4102
Points per Word
0.000244
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.025
Description
Is that a fire-breathing monster coming down the Hudson River? Young Brenton Dixon isn't so sure. To his surprise, it is the 1807 maiden journey of Robert Fulton's steamboat from New York City to Albany. The coauthor is Pat Perrin.