Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story cover

Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story

Author: Bearden, Romare

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 3.7
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 1052
Points per Word 0.000475
Page Count 36
Points per Page 0.013889

Description

When a company of black Union soldiers tells Li'l Dan that he is no longer a slave, he follows them, and uses his beloved drum to save them from attack.