Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.4
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
19874
Points per Word
0.000151
Page Count
80
Points per Page
0.0375
Description
Photos and text capture one of nature's shyest animals, the hard-to-find and hard-to-study tapir. Lowland tapirs are rapidly disappearing from Brazil, and scientists are using amazing high-tech gadgets and equipment to learn why.