Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
9.1
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
9608
Points per Word
0.000208
Series
Days That Shook the World
Description
This book is an account of the events surrounding the disaster that occurred when the reactor at a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, a town located in the state of Ukraine, exploded on April 26, 1986, releasing dangerous radiation into the atmosphere.