Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.6
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
23241
Points per Word
0.000129
Description
During the Great Depression, in a settlement of miners' dugouts far from the nearest town, fifteen-year-old Neil and his parents hope to strike it lucky, but the gold is elusive and Neil's only friend is a bully.