Banished, Beheaded, or Boiled in Oil: A Hair-Raising History of Crime and Punishment Throughout the Ages!
Author: Tonge, Neil
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5114
Points per Word
0.000196
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
Awfully Ancient
Description
Readers encounter many places and periods, from Ancient China to the Victorian era, to learn about the terrible, gross, and strange ways that crimes were punished in the past. The text contains gore and violence.