Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5681
Points per Word
0.000176
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This book compares genes to blueprints for a home and explains how genes pass traits from generation to generation, the breeding of plants and animals for specific traits, the role of genes in disease, and ethical issues in genetic science.