Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.1
Points
28.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
163519
Points per Word
0.000171
Page Count
703
Points per Page
0.039829
Description
A nuclear shockwave drives the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica into the Pacific at 500 miles an hour, creating a wall of water 1,400 ft. high, heading towards Japan, Hawaii, and Los Angeles. The coauthor is Garfield Reeves-Stevens.