Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1206
Points per Word
0.000415
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In 1773, Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry. She had to take a test to prove that she was the actual author of these poems because she was a slave, and it was hard to believe that an African girl could be the author of such poetry.