Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
30172
Points per Word
0.000166
Page Count
133
Points per Page
0.037594
Description
The daughter of a free black man, who worked as a blacksmith in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1800s recalls stories from the Bible that her father shared with her, relating them to African Americans. The coauthor is Fredrick McKissack.