Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 3.1
Lexile Measure®: 660L
DRA: 28-30
Guided Reading: N
Genre
- Biography
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Reading
- African American History
- Determination and Perseverance
- Leadership
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
A fictionalized story about the life of young Booker T. Washington. Living in a West Virginia settlement after emancipation, nine-year-old Booker travels by lantern light to the salt works, where he labors from dawn till dusk. Although his stomach rumbles, his real hunger is his intense desire to learn to read.
Praise for More Than Anything Else
"A moving and inspirational story." — School Library Journal, starred review
About the Authors or Illustrators
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