Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.4
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
9142
Points per Word
0.000219
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.041667
Description
This book traces the history and eventual cleanup of the ecological disaster known as Love Canal, which resulted from building a neighborhood over a chemical dumpsite that poisoned the environment and endangered the health of residents.