Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship cover

Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship

Author: McKissack, Patricia C.

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.