Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.5
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
27620
Points per Word
0.000181
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
This book examines the history of the Underground Railroad, a network of people and safe refuges by which escaped slaves made their way north to freedom, focusing on the role of Canada in helping the fugitives create new, independent lives.