The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
Author: Silverstein, Ken
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
10.1
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
54427
Points per Word
0.000202
Page Count
209
Points per Page
0.052632
Description
David Hahn, the Michigan teenager who tried to build a nuclear breeder reactor in his backyard in 1994, endangered the residents of his Michigan hometown and raised the ire of the federal government.