Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.6
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
76296
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
233
Points per Page
0.051502
Series
Twentieth Century Classics
Description
Set in the Salinas Valley of California, these stories reflect Steinbeck's characteristic interests: the tensions between town and country, laborers and owners, and past and present.