Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
8.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
31765
Points per Word
0.000189
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.026786
Series
Up Close (Viking)
Description
Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her award-winning and controversial book, SILENT SPRING. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of man's contamination of the environment.