Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
6.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1705
Points per Word
0.000293
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
This book uses the Beatitudes found in the New Testament book of Matthew as the basis of a free-verse poem that follows the African American struggle from slavery to civil rights.