The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales cover

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Author: Hamilton, Virginia

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 4.3
Points 4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 27588
Points per Word 0.000145
Page Count 192
Points per Page 0.020833

Description

These are retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.