Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1016
Points per Word
0.000492
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Born a slave, Booker T. Washington taught himself to read. He fulfilled his dream of attending school and, after graduation, went to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding eager students but a rundown building, he built his own school.