Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
989
Points per Word
0.000506
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
African American football player Chuck Ealey grew up in a segregated neighborhood of Portsmouth, Ohio. Against all odds, he became an incredible quarterback. Despite his unbeaten record in high school and university, he would never play in the NFL.