Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
41123
Points per Word
0.000146
Page Count
170
Points per Page
0.035294
Description
Mick dreams of going to college and becoming a newspaperman rather than a miner like his father. But when all union miners in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District are arrested, Mick becomes head of the family and is forced to make a difficult choice.