Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
11.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
68049
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
253
Points per Page
0.043478
Description
In 1915, after being asked to sing at the funeral of Joe Hill, executed songwriter and member of Industrial Workers of the World, eighteen-year-old Utah coal miner Tommy Quinlan begins to accept his past and make decisions about his future.