Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.4
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
65092
Points per Word
0.000169
Description
The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's first novel set in the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four giant elephants standing on a giant turtle swimming through space. The story follows the wizard Rincewind as he guides Twoflower, a wealthy tourist from the Counterweight Continent, on adventures across this comedic fantasy realm. The novel begins their journey together as they encounter various dangers and strange inhabitants of this satirical world.