Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1525
Points per Word
0.000328
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
King Sejong thought all Koreans should be able to read and write, so he worked in secret for years to create a new Korean alphabet. It wasn’t easy, and not everyone was happy about it--but it changed life in Korea forever.