Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1043
Points per Word
0.000479
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
When Howard Sharpe spotted a group of southern sea otters floating off the coast of California, he was nearly as surprised as if he had seen a dinosaur. The otters were thought to be nearly extinct, and yet he spotted hundreds splashing in the water.