Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1987
Points per Word
0.000252
Page Count
386
Points per Page
0.001295
Description
A young boy hears the story of this great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves, helping to build the transcontinental railroad.