Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
41700
Points per Word
0.000168
Page Count
196
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
Dick King-Smith recounts his life from soldier to farmer to salesman to factory worker to teacher to, finally, author.