Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3999
Points per Word
0.00025
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
Events That Shaped America
Description
This book explains the background to the 1814 British attack on Fort McHenry, the fort's brave defense, and how Francis Scott Key wrote the celebrated poem that became the U.S. national anthem. The coauthor is Scott Ingram.