It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read A $500 House in Detroit by Drew Philp
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A young college grad buys a house in Detroit for $500 and attempts to restore it—and his new neighborhood—to its original glory in this “deeply felt, sharply observed personal quest to create meaning and community out of the fallen…A standout” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Drew Philp, an idealistic college student from a working-class Michigan family, decides to live where he can make a difference. He sets his sights on Detroit, the failed metropolis of abandoned buildings, widespread poverty, and rampant crime. Arriving with no job, no friends, and no money, Philp buys a ramshackle house...
A $500 House in Detroit by Drew Philp is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read A $500 House in Detroit aloud.
A $500 House in Detroit is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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