Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
6491
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
27
Points per Page
0.037037
Description
This book presents the story of Sengbe Pieh, a West African man who, in 1839, was imprisoned on the Portuguese slave ship "Tecora" on its way to Cuba, the rebellion aboard ship, and the trial of Sengbe and his fellow captives.