Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1483
Points per Word
0.000337
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Series
Tales of Young Americans
Description
Janie and her father are riding a bus from Indianapolis to Washington, D.C., to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. As they travel, she discovers firsthand the injustices that many are made to endure and that her actions can affect change.