Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.4
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
119025
Points per Word
0.000151
Description
Betty has no choice but to leave school and go to work in Lawlor's tea shop. When she sees how unfairly workers can be treated, she goes on strike with her union. Can she and her friends and family survive the hardships of Dublin in 1913?