Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
7.7
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
16796
Points per Word
0.000179
Series
Innovative Minds
Description
The book tells the story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who moved to Africa to study and protect mountain gorillas. It describes how she lived among the gorillas in the Virunga Mountains and learned to communicate with them over many years. The book also covers her work to stop gorilla poaching and establish the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda.