Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2209
Points per Word
0.000226
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Description
In 1838, the slave ship "Amistad" was transporting hundreds of kidnapped Africans across the Atlantic. The captives would not give up their freedom and took over the ship so they could sail back to their homeland.