Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2114
Points per Word
0.000237
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Before 1947, major league baseball kept African American players off their teams. Many played in the Negro leagues. That year, however, Jackie Robinson crossed the color line and entered into sports history. The coauthor is Lucia Raatma.