Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3757
Points per Word
0.000266
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This introduction to avalanches discusses the causes, the effects, and being prepared for one and examines the January 2000 avalanche in Cordova, Alaska.