Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.3
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
668
Points per Word
0.000749
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Told in free verse, this story recounts the first contraband camp of the Civil War that began one night in 1861 when three escaped slaves made their way from the Confederate line to a Union-held fort and were granted protection.