Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.1
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
32011
Points per Word
0.000187
Page Count
146
Points per Page
0.041096
Description
Here are some of the unexpected stories of history’s great mapmakers: the fraud artists who deliberately distorted maps for political gain, Captain Cook, the slaves on the run who found their way thanks to specially-pieced quilts and many more.