Phillis Wheatley cover

Phillis Wheatley

Author: Smith, Emily R.

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 4.2
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 2058
Points per Word 0.000243

Description

This illustrated biography provides a brief look at the life and times of Phillis Wheatley, who was bought as a slave by a wealthy Boston family, taught to read and write, and became colonial America's first African American poet.