Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
57201
Points per Word
0.000157
Page Count
336
Points per Page
0.026786
Description
In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and uncle he never knew. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and union brings trouble, and he joins a circus to hide from danger.