Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
14950
Points per Word
0.000201
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.026786
Description
This book uses the experiences of two individuals, Ada "Bricktop" Smith and Joe Jones, to present the story of the Great Migration of Southern Blacks to northern cities from the late 1800s to the years after World War I. The coauthor is Kathleen Benson.