Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.5
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1316
Points per Word
0.00038
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote what she cared about and gave a very urgent, human message to a colossal statue. Her small sonnet would shape the hearts and minds of a whole nation and forever declare the Statue of Liberty a welcome beacon to immigrants.