Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1247
Points per Word
0.000401
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Describes the life of one of baseball's greatest pitchers, who was unable to play major league baseball due to segregation for many years, after which he became the first black pitcher in the American League. The coauthor is Fredrick McKissack.