Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.4
Points
17.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
105172
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
432
Points per Page
0.039352
Series
Megalodon
Description
The Trench is the second book in Steve Alten's Megalodon series. It follows biologist Jonas Taylor as he pursues a massive twenty-ton Megalodon shark that has escaped from a California aquarium and developed a taste for human blood. Taylor's deep-sea pursuit leads him to discover a terrorist nuclear arms factory operating in the ocean depths. The novel contains graphic violence, sexual situations, and profanity.