Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1242
Points per Word
0.000403
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Encounter (Capstone Press)
Description
September 11, 2001, was a black day in U.S. history. Amid the chaos, sea captains and crews raced by boat to the tragic Manhattan scene. Nearly 500,000 people on Manhattan Island were rescued in what would later be called the largest sea evacuation.