Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3757
Points per Word
0.000266
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
The author describes his trip to a river in Malaysia at the age of fifteen to observe fireflies with his stepfather, world-renowned firefly expert, Professor James F. Case, and discusses certain characteristics of fireflies and how scientists study them.