Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3108
Points per Word
0.000322
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
The book explains the role and responsibilities of power forwards in basketball, covering how their strength and skills help prevent opposing teams from scoring while also creating offensive plays for their own team. It features examples of professional power forwards like Blake Griffin and Tim Duncan to illustrate the position. The book includes full-color photographs and fact boxes that demonstrate the defensive plays and big dunks that characterize this position. Designed for middle grade readers (grades 4-8), it provides an overview of what power forwards do on the basketball court.