Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1574
Points per Word
0.000318
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
Based on a true incident during the American Civil War on May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls and the nine-member slave crew of the Confederate steamship "Planter" kidnap the ship and deliver it to the Union Army.