Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11523
Points per Word
0.000174
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
Harriet Beecher Stowe was upset with the Fugitive Slave Act, a U.S. law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters. Using her gift of writing, Stowe wrote UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, which revealed the cruelties of slavery.