Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2849
Points per Word
0.000176
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Series
Picture the American Past
Description
From 1854 to 1929, thousands of orphaned or homeless American children traveled on "orphan trains" to new homes all over the country. This book shares the stories of these courageous children who rode the rails to an unknown future.