Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks cover

Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks

Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 7.3
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 5241
Points per Word 0.000191
Page Count 81
Points per Page 0.012346

Description

This book tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge.