Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
6122
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
The author describes the season of fire that struck Yellowstone in 1988, and examines the complex ecology that returns plant and animal life to a seemingly barren, ash-covered expanse.