Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
191
Points per Word
0.002618
Page Count
30
Points per Page
0.016667
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text depict the race to construct the first transcontinental rail line across the country during the second half of the nineteenth century.