Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2872
Points per Word
0.000174
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Every summer, runners gather in California's Death Valley to begin a race that covers 135 miles in searing heat. Competitors battle a scorching desert sun as they climb 8,300 feet (2,530 m) to finish at Mt. Whitney.