Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1133
Points per Word
0.000441
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In 1932, James Banning and his co-pilot, Thomas Allen make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.