Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
1588
Points per Word
0.000315
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Although she really wants to go to school, walking the five miles is very difficult for Mable Jean and the other black children, so she tries to find a way to get a bus.