Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
7396
Points per Word
0.000135
Description
To explorers and adventurers, Everest represents a perilous but thrilling challenge to be conquered. Learn about the first – and often disastrous – attempts to reach the summit, as well as Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's success in 1953.