Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
10.2
Points
34.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
168645
Points per Word
0.000202
Page Count
449
Points per Page
0.075724
Description
This book details why some creatures, such as the gentle penguin-like great auk, have vanished forever and astounds us with the accounts of the killing that continues--of wolf and whale, seal and bear, fish and fowl.