Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
859
Points per Word
0.000582
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
This poetic nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures the human capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how Congo Square in New Orleans was truly freedom's heart.