Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.8
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
45904
Points per Word
0.000152
Page Count
233
Points per Page
0.030043
Series
I Am Canada
Description
To solve their family's money troubles, Heen and his father go to Canada to help build the railway, a decision plagued by disaster. Heen's only solace is his journal and his chilling observations of the injustice and peril heaped upon the workers.