Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1769
Points per Word
0.000283
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In this story based on true events, on June 24, 1784, a thirteen-year-old apprentice takes the first manned hot air balloon flight in America and gains new insight into life's possibilities.