Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.3
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
5766
Points per Word
0.000173
Page Count
63
Points per Page
0.015873
Description
Matthew, a young African American with asthma, dreams of becoming an Olympic runner like his hero, Jesse Owens. He accompanies his journalist father to the 1936 Olympics in Germany. Text contains themes of racial inequality and discrimination.