Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
24200
Points per Word
0.000165
Page Count
192
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This biography recreates the youth of the Massachusetts slave who, after joining the colonial patriots in their struggle for freedom, was the first man to die in the American Revolution.