Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 1962
Word Count 87,215
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1340L
- ATOS Reading Level: 11.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 67632, 19 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General
- Pesticides--Toxicology
- Pesticides--Environmental aspects
- Biological control
- Toxicology
- Pesticides
- Environmental aspects
- Pesticides and wildlife
- Nature
- Insect pests--Biological control
- Environmental health
- Insect pests
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
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