Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1191
Points per Word
0.00042
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
This book describes the Civil War battle of Morris Island, South Carolina, during which Sergeant William H. Carney became the first African American to earn a Congressional Medal of Honor by preserving the flag.