While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement
Author: McKinstry, Carolyn Maull
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.4
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
65804
Points per Word
0.000167
Description
An eyewitness to the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, the author describes her experiences and what it was like to come of age during the Civil Rights movement. The text contains racially charged language and violence.