Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1736
Points per Word
0.000288
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Charles Darwin was, above all else, an independent thinker. His ideas about the origins of life and natural selection, or survival of the fittest, challenged deeply held beliefs and have had lasting influence on modern thought and science.