Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
8.8
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
14995
Points per Word
0.0002
Page Count
70
Points per Page
0.042857
Series
Epidemic!
Description
This book describes the history of polio, the way it spreads, its major epidemics, treatments such as the iron lung and the Kenny method, and the impact of Jonas Salk's and Albert Sabin's vaccines.