Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2314
Points per Word
0.000216
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
This book tells the true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-year-old giant tortoise named Mzee, who adopted each other after the December 2004 tsunami. The coauthors are Craig Hatkoff and Paula Kahumbu.