Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.7
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
77559
Points per Word
0.000193
Page Count
292
Points per Page
0.05137
Description
This book chronicles the story of the eradication of smallpox and the U.S. government agencies' reaction to the September 11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks, focusing on USAMRIID's top virologist, Peter Jahrling. The text contains profanity.