Breaker Boy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481465373)

It's 1911 in Pennsylvania coal country, and Corey must work at the mines to help support his family in this exciting historical novel.

Corey is just eleven years old, but his family needs him to chip in. He's dropped out of school and works as a breaker boy picking out coal impurities from bins in the coalmines of Pennsylvania.

But after skating accident nearly kills Corey, he begins having panic attacks and nightmares. Corey turns to Mrs. Chudzik, a strange and mysterious local recluse, for help. She's a trained doctor and Corey's overwhelming fear of tight spaces means he is jeopardizing his family's future.

When there is a disaster at the mine, trapping his father and other miners, Corey knows it's time to face his fear. He and Mrs. Chudzik's hound, Hovi, must find the trapped miners and bring help. But how can he when the thought of being in the dark and enclosed space might be more than Corey can handle?

Author: Joan Hiatt Harlow
ISBN-10: 1481465376
ISBN-13: 9781481465373
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2017
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511452 / Breaker Boy


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2017
School Library Journal 08/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 105 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed