Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
7300
Points per Word
0.000137
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
Witness to Disaster
Description
This book explains the science behind why droughts occur, provides accounts of some of history's worst droughts, and looks at how researchers are working to find ways to help humans survive such disasters. The coauthor is Dennis Fradin.