Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1708
Points per Word
0.000293
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This book explores some famous ruins: Knossos on the island of Crete, Machu Picchu in Peru, and Great Zimbabwe in Africa, and discusses what can be learned about the past from crumbling buildings and things buried in the ground.