Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.1
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
12993
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.055556
Description
While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman, Mr. Mital, work on their new home, he tells them about such inventors as Granville Woods, Dr. Henry T. Sampson, and James West, giving the kids a new view of their heritage as African Americans.