Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
9.1
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
9080
Points per Word
0.00022
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
John Scopes was charged with breaking a Tennessee law by teaching evolution in a public school. This book examines how the trial caught the world's attention, looks at the social climate in which it took place, and explains the Supreme Court's decision.