Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
3.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5445
Points per Word
0.000184
Page Count
112
Points per Page
0.008929
Description
This book tells the story of Minamata disease, a debilitating and sometimes fatal condition caused by a chemical factory's careless release of methylmercury into the waters of Minamata in Japan. Book contains violence, bullying and disturbing imagery.