It takes the average reader 2 hours and 39 minutes to read A Cab Called Reliable by Patti Kim
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An extraordinary debut and exciting new voice in multicultural fiction, Patti Kim's A Cab Called Reliable Winner of the Towson University Prize for Literature Nominated for the Book-of-the-Month Club's Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction Ahn Joo Cho emigrated with her family from Korea to Virginia at the age of seven. Two years later, a cab called 'Reliable' took away her mother and her infant brother forever. Grade by grade in school, Ahn Joo comes of age within an alien society, excelling at creative writing as her home life with her old-fashioned father deteriorates. Language heals her, and saves her. As Ahn Joo enters womanhood, a heart-breaking secret finally sets her free to create her own heritage. This widely celebrated debut novel approaches growing up in America—whether as an immigrant or a native—from an honest, refreshingly authentic perspective.
A Cab Called Reliable by Patti Kim is 156 pages long, and a total of 39,936 words.
This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read A Cab Called Reliable aloud.
A Cab Called Reliable is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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