Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.9
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
23412
Points per Word
0.000171
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.027778
Description
This book chronicles the first black-controlled union, made up of Pullman porters, who after years of unfair labor practices staged a battle against a corporate giant resulting in a "David and Goliath" ending. The coauthor is Frederick McKissack.