Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.5
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
20403
Points per Word
0.000196
Page Count
141
Points per Page
0.028369
Description
In 1832 Dr. Hartwell Carver urged Congress to build a transcontinental railroad between New York and San Francisco. In 1869, the transcontinental link was completed. What went on in between is the subject of this exciting and thought-provoking book.