Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.1
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11834
Points per Word
0.000169
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
This book presents a biography of the powerful home run hitter and chronicles the history of African American participation in organized baseball, the formation of the Negro leagues, and racial politics in America.