Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.0
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
12424
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
After going to college to study chemistry, Percy Lavon Julian was denied several jobs because of his race. Through his persistence, he received his chance to do research in his field and become one of the greatest chemists of the twentieth century.