Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2702
Points per Word
0.000185
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Life Cycles (Crabtree)
Description
The life cycle of this ancient species is unique in many ways. Male sea turtles live their entire lives at sea. Females come ashore only to lay their eggs, returning to the same beach on which they were born.