Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1551
Points per Word
0.000322
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
When her father persuades their colony to kill all the birds because they are eating the crops, Almira joins the schoolmaster in proving that the birds are not only beautiful, but, like all creatures, serve a larger purpose.