The Breaker Boys
by Hughes, Pat
Trials/TribulationsDisobedienceMinerHistorical FictionParents & Parental FiguresNCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies
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AR Book Level
3.9
AR Points
8
Word Count
55,340
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
82262 EN
About this book
In 1897, Nate, the hot-tempered twelve-year-old son of a wealthy Pennsylvania mine owner, goes against his father's wishes by befriending some of the boys who work in the mines and gets caught up in a disastrous clash between mine workers and the law.