Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1139
Points per Word
0.000439
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In 1959, Bernard is a young Red Sox fan troubled by the lack of many black players in Major League Baseball, especially as there are none at all on his favorite team. But change is coming in the form of a rookie named Pumpsie Green.