Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
34569
Points per Word
0.000145
Page Count
152
Points per Page
0.032895
Description
A novel based on the life of Jim Jarvis, a young orphan who escapes the workhouse in London in the 1860s and survives brutal treatment and desperate circumstances until he is taken by Dr Barnardo, founder of a school for the city's "ragged" children.