Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5514
Points per Word
0.000181
Page Count
44
Points per Page
0.022727
Series
TIME For Kids Biographies
Description
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play baseball in the modern major leagues. Until Jackie stepped up to the plate, African Americans couldn’t play on most professional sports teams. The coauthor is Denise Lewis Patrick.