Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
290
Points per Word
0.001724
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Read-it! Readers Tall Tales
Description
In this retelling of the legend of John Henry, an African American hero races against a steam drill to lay railroad tracks on a mountain.