Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
10.6
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
23169
Points per Word
0.000216
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.044643
Series
Great Medical Discoveries
Description
The discovery of insulin transformed diabetes from a feared and deadly disease to a manageable one. Yet insulin was not easily discovered. It took a pair of young scientists in Canada one remarkable summer to succeed where so many had failed.