Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
7138
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
105
Points per Page
0.009524
Series
Who Was...?/Who Is...?
Description
Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish.