Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5115
Points per Word
0.000196
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Gateway Biographies
Description
This is the biography of the self-taught, gentle farmer of Maryland, who is remembered as America's first major black man of science. The coauthor is Corinne J. Naden.