Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.5
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
16208
Points per Word
0.000185
Page Count
88
Points per Page
0.034091
Description
This collection of 61 poems and short literary pieces includes some of the poetic classics of American literature. Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, Carl Sandburg, Stephen Vincent Benét, and Langston Hughes are all represented.