Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2035
Points per Word
0.000246
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Readers will learn about the history behind the transcontinental railroad, including how workers who emigrated from China built the railroad and protested for better treatment. Text references racism and violence.