Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1377
Points per Word
0.000363
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Born into poverty in Peru in 1579, Martín de Porres showed unusual patience and determination to help others and was later called to the Dominican Order. He was canonized in 1962 as the first black saint in the Americas.