Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2848
Points per Word
0.000176
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Strange and Wonderful
Description
Every year, cicadas emerge and pierce the air with their buzzing calls. Some broods emerge every year; others emerge in 13- or 17-year cycles. In the spring of 2011, a giant brood will hatch in several U.S. states.