Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
2.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1080
Points per Word
0.000463
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers, but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.