Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4791
Points per Word
0.000209
Description
"I Love Killer Whales" follows Dr. Ingrid Visser, a marine scientist who has spent ten years studying orca, also known as killer whales, off the coast of New Zealand. The book describes her hands-on approach to research, which includes getting into the water with the whales, observing their hunting behavior, and interacting with them. Visser has gotten to know many New Zealand orca intimately and can identify some of them by sight, referring to them as her friends.