Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
20106
Points per Word
0.000199
Page Count
144
Points per Page
0.027778
Series
Women Adventurers
Description
This biography of Mexican American botanist and adventurer Ynes Mexia chronicles her childhood, education, and later work as an environmentalist.