Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.3
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
25237
Points per Word
0.000158
Page Count
246
Points per Page
0.01626
Description
This book tours the English language from the beginning of the alphabet in 4000 B.C. to text messaging and emoticons in the twenty-first century.