Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3530
Points per Word
0.000283
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
This book explains desert food chains, how they vary, gives facts on animals such as why camels store fat in their humps, and how a roadrunner can eat poisonous snakes and not get sick. The coauthor is Richard Spilsbury.