Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1864
Points per Word
0.000268
Page Count
44
Points per Page
0.011364
Description
Swept up by the European ballooning craze of the 1780s, Dr. John Jeffries longed to become the first person to fly across the English Channel, but first he had to outwit a rascally copilot, keep the balloon from bursting, and avoid crashing into the sea.