AR Book Level
5.3
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
2,397
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
305681 EN
About this book
"I was nine when my family set off for the goldfields. We slept on mattresses stuffed with leaves, ate parrots that Father had shot and fished for yabbies in the creek. Life was completely different." A young girl's recollections of goldmining Australia.