Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1384
Points per Word
0.000361
Page Count
30
Points per Page
0.016667
Description
Even though the railroad fireman senses danger ahead, he follows his engineer's command to increase the train's power so that the mysterious whistle blows.