Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.1
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
9205
Points per Word
0.000217
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
In 1905, the United States embarked on one of the greatest engineering projects ever devised -- the building of the Panama Canal in Central America. This book looks at the background and discusses the impact the canal has had on Panama and the U.S.