Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3706
Points per Word
0.00027
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
In 1898, William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer's New York World raised the price newsboys had to pay for papers, which cut into their profits. In 1899, frustration boiled over. Text has criminal activity and violence.