Jess Meyer
asked:
Could any readers help to describe the reading level (not interest level) of this story/text?
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Charity
Depending on which analyzing equation you use, the reading level is between 3-7 grades. This would be a good novel for an adult struggling with literacy as the topics are interesting but the speech is plain.
Readability Scores
Flesch Reading Ease: 87.62
Gunning Fog Scale Level: 5.54
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 3.06
SMOG Grade: 7.02
Dale-Chall Score: 6.15
Fry Readability Grade Level:3
Sample: "I told him, Bobby, you must be crazy, wanting to
have a coin collection in a stone hotel full of thieves. He looked at me and
smiled and said, I know where to keep them. They'll be safe enough. Don't you
worry. And he was right."
Readability Scores
Flesch Reading Ease: 87.62
Gunning Fog Scale Level: 5.54
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 3.06
SMOG Grade: 7.02
Dale-Chall Score: 6.15
Fry Readability Grade Level:3
Sample: "I told him, Bobby, you must be crazy, wanting to
have a coin collection in a stone hotel full of thieves. He looked at me and
smiled and said, I know where to keep them. They'll be safe enough. Don't you
worry. And he was right."
Rebekah Laybourn
I would say maybe age 15+
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