# The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves

**Author:** Lindsey Leigh
**Grade range:** Grades 3–7
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 100
**Genre:** Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780593753521`
**ISBN-10:** `0593753526`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-caves
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A vividly illustrated nonfiction tour of the mysterious world of caves — the strange, eyeless, sometimes glowing creatures that live in total darkness and how they survive. Lindsey Leigh turns cave biology into an immersive graphic-nonfiction adventure. Nominated for the 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award (grades 4-8), the statewide reading list Maine students read from and vote on.

## Themes

- science
- nature
- animals

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)

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