Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4408
Points per Word
0.000227
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Step into Reading: Step 5
Description
Presents a biography of the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also traces the history of all-black baseball teams.