Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.2
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
87277
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
384
Points per Page
0.033854
Description
In the desert of the Southwest, Kimble Monroe and others fight for their lives against the "bugs," self-replicating, solar-powered, metal-eating machines. The plot contains profanity and sexual references.