Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.3
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
12425
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
In 1821, after more than a decade of work, Sequoyah, a Cherokee Indian, succeeded in creating a set of symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Cherokee. The new written language was easy to learn and helped boost ethnic pride.