Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5684
Points per Word
0.000176
Description
Robert Smalls was a slave forced to fight during the American Civil War. One night, Smalls and his crew of fellow slaves decided to escape and sail for safety in the Northern waters just eleven kilometres away. Would they finally make it to freedom?