Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.9
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
9966
Points per Word
0.000201
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.041667
Series
Green Alert!
Description
This book examines the problem of desertification of land, a process by which soil becomes bare and dry and cannot support vegetation. The text also explains why desertification happens and its effects on plants, ecosystems, animals, and people.