by Catherine A. Welch ยท 2009
ISBN: 0761358420 9780761358428
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Page count: 48
<p>Eight-year-old Andrew is starting his first day of work in a coal mine. With bloody knuckles and an aching back, Andrew quickly learns that life in the mines is dirty, dark, and difficult. Before his first day at the breaker is through, he will find out that it can be dangerous too.</p>