Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
8403
Points per Word
0.000119
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
In the News (Rosen)
Description
This book examines the problem of starvation in Africa, discussing the country's geography and history of famine, the elements that cause it, and strategies to fight it; and cites examples of twentieth and early twenty-first century food shortages.