Sequoyah: Inventor of Written Cherokee cover

Sequoyah: Inventor of Written Cherokee

Author: Basel, Roberta

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.