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When Plants Attack

Strange and Terrifying Plants

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Science writer and plant expert Rebecca E. Hirsch presents fun and gross facts about a variety of plants along with explaining the science behind why they do what they do. Featured plants include the Venus Flytrap, an African tree that houses stinking ants to protect itself from hungry animals, a “vampire vine” that sucks nutrients from other plants, and fiendishly invasive kudzu.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Expository Literature, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction
Copyright 2019
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2019-01-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF037030, JNF051050, JNF022000
Dewey 581.6/59
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 9.75 x 9.75
Lexile 840
Guided Reading Level W
ATOS Reading Level 5.5
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 501422
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Author/Illustrator note, Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Charts/Graphs/Diagrams, Glossary, Index, Primary source quotations/images, Reviewed, and Source notes

Awards

  • Notable Award AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Longlist, Long-listed, 2020

Reviews

Booklist

Reviewed on 13 February 2019

“Curious readers will be eager to learn more about these creepy plants.”—Booklist