Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.2
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
12749
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion, scientists believed radiation would create a barren wasteland. Today, the Dead Zone is teeming with wildlife, but with every plant and animal being radioactive, scientists wonder how their survival is possible.