Realistic (fiction), 1,962 words, Level X (Grade 5), Lexile 790L
The women's suffrage movement fought long and hard to give women in the United States the right to vote. Meeting Mrs. Pierce uses historical information as the background for a fictional story about how Mrs. Pierce, one of the women's suffrage movement leaders, impacted an eleven-year-old girl's life. This book can be used to teach students to distinguish between fact and opinion and to use context clues to understand a text.