The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
Author: Silvey, Anita
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.3
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11461
Points per Word
0.000175
Page Count
88
Points per Page
0.022727
Description
This book uses primary source materials to introduce explorers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who traveled the world to discover, collect, and transport new and unusual plants in the name of science.