Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
15599
Points per Word
0.000128
Page Count
150
Points per Page
0.013333
Series
Badger Biographies
Description
As an African American growing up in Wisconsin in the 1930s, William "Blue" Jenkins knew where blacks could shop, eat, and get a job--and where they couldn't. His experiences of inequality would drive his desire to make positive changes to his community.