Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.9
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
49493
Points per Word
0.000141
Description
Thirteen-year-old Colm longs to join the local Volunteers during the Irish War of Independence, but he also has another ambition: to make a new life in America, working as a fiddle player. When Alice arrives in town, Colm's dreams take a new turn...