Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.3
Points
7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
43987
Points per Word
0.000159
Description
Mainthorpe is torn apart when the local miners' union calls a strike to protest against plans to close the village pit. Families and friends are bitterly divided and Tom and Melanie are trapped in the midst of it all.