Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.4
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
12875
Points per Word
0.000155
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Series
Just the Facts Biographies
Description
John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth. He was a senator, a fighter pilot in World War II, and he returned to space at age 77 to conduct experiments on himself.