Spreading Deserts cover

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.