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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on August 1, 2013
It's 1924, and with his beloved sister sick, thirteen-year-old Clem must quit school and join his father deep in the Missouri lead mines in order to help pay the doctor's bill. Clem's father, Pap, sees this responsibility as Clem's coming of age wherein his book-loving son will finally become a man following the family's proud traditions ("It's what we do, the Harding men, we're miners"), even though those traditions are slowly killing Clem...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Intermediate Fiction
It's 1924, and thirteen-year-old Clem must quit school and join his father in the lead mines. Clem hates every moment underground, a feeli...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
