Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
13657
Points per Word
0.000146
Description
Mr Gradgrind believes facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination and instills these values in his children. Years later, the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Text has cultural bias, criminal activity, reference to alcohol abuse.