Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
7.8
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
64972
Points per Word
0.000185
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
This book examines the Borden murders, using newspaper articles to re-create the events and the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden. It also explores Lizzie's story to theorize on what may have happened.