Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4653
Points per Word
0.000215
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.025
Description
Through words and paintings, an artist tells about growing up on a cotton plantation in Cuthbert, Georgia, serving time in prison for his actions during a civil rights demonstration, and finding a purpose and direction in life.