Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.5
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4822
Points per Word
0.000207
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
Headline Issues
Description
The global food crisis is examined, focusing on the struggles faced by farmers to grow crops, raise livestock and earn enough money to feed their own families, and the possible alternative of growing biofuels.