Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4857
Points per Word
0.000206
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Gateway Biographies
Description
Tells the life story of the founder of the Children's Defense Fund. It traces her life from her modest beginnings in the rural, segregated south to her rise to prominence as the most respected advocate of children's rights in the United States.