Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3200
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Description
This book discusses the mysteries of nature, including the deaths of the reindeer of St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea, the disappearance of the birds from Guam, and the apparent extinction of the large-beaked ground finch in the Galapagos Islands.