Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.3
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
16419
Points per Word
0.000183
Page Count
130
Points per Page
0.023077
Description
This story traces the lives and world-changing achievements of doctors Vivien Thomas, Alfred Blalock and Helen Taussig in developing the surgical technique for repairing congenital heart defects in babies and paving the way for open-heart surgery.