Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
6.0
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3162
Points per Word
0.000316
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.027778
Description
This book continues 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.