Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
8402
Points per Word
0.000119
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This book describes the events surrounding the wildfire that raged in New Mexico in 2000 and the resulting debate of the policy of prescribed burning, or purposely setting fires as a means of forest management.