Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4862
Points per Word
0.000206
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
Through photographs and illustrations, readers will learn how the secrets buried in a Midwestern hillside helped scientists understand early life on Earth by following as paleontologist Matt Forir and his team of experts unravel a prehistoric mystery.