Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2225
Points per Word
0.000225
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
Text and illustrations look at the dangerous plan of an enslaved man named Robert Smalls, who took control of the "Planter," a Confederate steamboat.