Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3333
Points per Word
0.0003
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.025
Description
In 1925, an outbreak of diphtheria hit Nome, Alaska. The nearest supply of serum was located in Anchorage. Twenty dogsled teams braved subzero temperatures to run 600 miles in six days in a relay race that saved lives and gained national attention.