It takes the average reader 3 hours to read A Box Full of Martins by Larry Day
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Twelve-year-old Sparky Carpenter, his brother Bub, and friend Hacky begin summer break with Sparkys initiation into their secret club, however, when the boys discover a bloody bag containing a slaughtered mother dog and pups, all dead except one, the innocence of childhood begins ebbing away. Coming of age in the 1980s dilapidating coal camp of Friendship, Kentucky, Sparky struggles to accept either himself and the teaching of his ostracized grandmother or the norms propagated by the bigotry and prejudice of a town united by not only racism but also the fear of Gods newest plagueAIDS.
A Box Full of Martins by Larry Day is 176 pages long, and a total of 45,056 words.
This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 6 minutes to read A Box Full of Martins aloud.
A Box Full of Martins is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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