Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.5
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
36825
Points per Word
0.000136
Page Count
177
Points per Page
0.028249
Description
Verlyn Klinkenborg traces the natural history of tortoises through the story of Timothy, a tortoise who lived in the garden of eighteenth-century English curate Gilbert White for thirteen years while White observed its actions.