Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
38304
Points per Word
0.000157
Description
Bridget's family, turned out of their home during the Irish potato famine, takes refuge in the workhouse where conditions are hard. There is one chance for Bridget and her sister - to take a ship to a new country and become Australians.