Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
8069
Points per Word
0.000124
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.008929
Series
Who Was...?/Who Is...?
Description
A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer, writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the Black experience in the United States.