Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.5
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
24929
Points per Word
0.000201
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
World Writers
Description
This biography of Ralph Ellison tells the story of how a boy from Oklahoma became a highly respected writer and how his attitudes toward race helped shape the defining conflict of the century.