Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2000
Points per Word
0.00025
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
This biography is of Roy Campanella, the first African American catcher to integrate Major League Baseball. After a car accident left him a quadriplegic, he became a Dodgers coach, held baseball clinics for teenagers, and advocated for the disabled.