Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2593
Points per Word
0.000193
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
An account of April 28, 1869, when a world-record ten miles of track were laid on America's transcontinental railroad.