Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1538
Points per Word
0.000325
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
Risking punishment, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field, where they learn to read and write in a pit school.