Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.1
Points
13.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
74498
Points per Word
0.000175
Page Count
323
Points per Page
0.040248
Description
Based on diaries and other contemporary accounts, this book chronicles the devastating effects of the deadliest natural disaster in history -- the hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900.