Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11770
Points per Word
0.00017
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
As a spy during the U.S. Civil War, Elizabeth Van Lew provided Union generals with secret information that helped the North defeat the South. Her passion against slavery compelled her to buy slaves so she could give them their freedom.