Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.6
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
57529
Points per Word
0.000191
Page Count
212
Points per Page
0.051887
Description
This book recounts the ordeal of Ernest Shackleton and his crew who attempted to make the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent but who became trapped on the ice floes for twenty months in the attempt.