Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4824
Points per Word
0.000207
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Gateway Biographies
Description
Examines the life of the African-American poet, from her childhood in the segregated South to her rise to prominence as a writer.