Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3095
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
In 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning found the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus. Text includes gender bias.