Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.5
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
73353
Points per Word
0.00015
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.038194
Series
Jupiter
Description
"Higher Education" is a science fiction novel co-authored by Charles Sheffield and Jerry Pournelle. The story follows Rick Luban, a student who gets expelled from school after pulling a prank on a visiting Congresswoman. He then begins a new life by signing up for a career in asteroid mining in outer space.