Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
17804
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
114
Points per Page
0.026316
Description
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white man. This refusal to give up her dignity sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, a yearlong struggle and a major victory in the civil rights movement.