Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1304
Points per Word
0.000383
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Series
Millbrook Picture Books
Description
This book tells the story of how two outsiders, singer Billie Holiday, a young black woman, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants, created "Strange Fruit," a song that challenged racism and paved the way for the civil-rights movement.