Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.2
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
42289
Points per Word
0.000142
Description
When they were younger, best friends Jack and Gilbert promised to work together in the copper mines, just like their fathers and other Cornish immigrants. But now Jack is turning twelve, and the thought of working underground fills him with panic.