Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
972
Points per Word
0.000514
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Illustrations and text introduce readers to the gopher tortoise and explain how hundreds of species rely on the burrow the gopher tortoise digs for survival in the southeastern corner of the United States.