Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
7154
Points per Word
0.00014
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
Based on an actual memoir written by Maritcha Rémond Lyons, who was born and raised in New York City, this poignant story tells what it was like to be a black child born free during the days of slavery.