Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
7464
Points per Word
0.000134
Page Count
80
Points per Page
0.0125
Series
Scholastic Discover More
Description
Text and illustrations present a chronologically arranged look at different explorers from the early native peoples, the conquistadors, and the race for the Poles to the quest to send a man to Mars. The coauthor is Tory Gordon-Harris.