Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.8
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3036
Points per Word
0.000329
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
The author combines his own words with those of Abraham Lincoln to imagine what the young man who grew up to be president might have said about his experiences voyaging down the Mississippi River, during which he formulated his thoughts on slavery.