Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.3
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
22726
Points per Word
0.000176
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
DK Biography
Description
This biography of the first black South African president, who spent 27 years in jail for his political beliefs, discusses the struggle to end apartheid, his country's system of racial segregation, and oppression. The coauthor is Lenny Holt.