Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.3
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
61392
Points per Word
0.000147
Description
Colm is on the run, determined to escape from the cruelties of Bindoon Boys' Home. He strikes up an unexpected friendship with old Billy Dare and his dog Rusty, and together they travel from the goldfields of Kalgoorlie to the rugged north. #3