Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3415
Points per Word
0.000293
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Nature Watch
Description
Describes this strange-looking rodent which lives a social life in a system of tunnels under the brick-hard soil of East Africa. The coauthor is Paul Sherman.