Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4288
Points per Word
0.000233
Description
Over 200 years ago in Jamaica, a girl watched as her mother selected a bottle of medicine for a sick British soldier. This is the story of Mary Seacole's passion for nursing, which shaped her life, and the racial prejudices she faced in pursuit of this.