Digging a Hole to Heaven: Coal Miner Boys
by S.D. Nelson
At 12 years old, Conall has already worked in the coal mines of West Virginia for... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 6,509
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 168576, 1 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining
- Coal miners--United States--History--19th century
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- 19th century
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Child labor--United States--History--19th century
- Child labor
- History
- Coal mines and mining--United States--History--19th century
- United States
- Coal miners
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