The Tortoise and the Dare cover

The Tortoise and the Dare

Author: Deary, Terry

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 3.5
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 2907
Points per Word 0.000172
Page Count 64
Points per Page 0.007812

Description

Furious that her twin brother, Cypselis, promised her as a slave should he lose a footrace, Ellie must find a way for tortoise-slow Cypselis to beat his classmate to the finish line at their school in ancient Greece.