Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3974
Points per Word
0.000252
Page Count
44
Points per Page
0.022727
Description
Traces the growth, from seed to maturity, of a 3500-year-old giant sequoia, juxtaposing its development with a chronology of world events from the Trojan War to the present day.