The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students
Author: Jurmain, Suzanne
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
19599
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
150
Points per Page
0.02
Description
This book chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s, closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Connecticut and began admitting African American students, and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople.