Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.0
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
32079
Points per Word
0.000125
Description
Sian is the unlucky thirteenth child in a Welsh coalminer's family. Life is hard; her mother died after giving birth to her and her father is grief-stricken. Sian's eldest sister hatches a plan to take them both far away, to find a better life.