Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.8
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
13389
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
122
Points per Page
0.016393
Description
A biography of paleontologist Mary Anning, discussing her childhood in which she would dig along the beach and under cliffs with her father, how she studied fossil anatomy and expertly prepared specimens for sale, and more. Themes include gender bias.