A Hunger for Learning: A Story About Booker T. Washington cover

A Hunger for Learning: A Story About Booker T. Washington

Author: Swain, Gwenyth

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.9
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 8474
Points per Word 0.000118
Page Count 64
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

When nine-year-old Booker T. Washington was finally freed from slavery, he soon discovered that freedom had a price, and that he had to work, and work hard. After years of study and struggle, he became a teacher at Tuskegee Institute.