Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
4.7
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42052
Points per Word
0.000143
Description
Hugh “Scholar” O'Dare and his brothers are chimney sweepers in 1830 Dublin. After meeting Darby and Bert, an unscrupulous new sweeper and his climbing boy, Scholar learns a shocking secret and wants to help Bert escape a harrowing existence.