Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2029
Points per Word
0.000246
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
This picture-book biography highlights the life and accomplishments of high-jumper Alice Coachman, who, at the 1948 Olympics in London, became the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal.