Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
4.9
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
13905
Points per Word
0.000144
Description
When Bert and Frank Barker are taken from the Children's Home in London, the priests promise them a better life in Australia. But what really awaits is hard work, separation, and the realisation that no one cares if they live or die.