Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.4
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
3811
Points per Word
0.000262
Page Count
49
Points per Page
0.020408
Description
At school in Cocoa Beach, Florida, fifteen-year-old Dustin Martinez watches the "Challenger" space shuttle launch. For the first time in history, a schoolteacher will be flying aboard the shuttle.