Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
39179
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
182
Points per Page
0.032967
Description
Twelve-year-old Ruth is torn between her sympathy for the animals used in researching a cure for diabetes and her loyalty to Dr. Banting and Mr. Best.