Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5211
Points per Word
0.000192
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Describes how such creatures as the basilisk, western grebe, and water strider manage to travel across the water's surface.