How Long to Read A Summer Plague

How Long Does it Take to Read A Summer Plague?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read A Summer Plague by Tony Gould

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Polio--often called the "summer plague"--struck hundreds of thousands of children around the world between its emergence as an epidemic disease in 1916 to its cure in the 1950s. Today, images of children with crutches and leg braces or encased to their necks in iron lungs may be little more than a painful memory. Yet during its height the disease induced panic on a scale reminiscent of the great plagues of history. This book is the most comprehensive and compelling account of the century's polio epidemics yet written. Interweaving biographical, political, social, and medical history, Tony...

How long is A Summer Plague?

A Summer Plague by Tony Gould is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Summer Plague Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read A Summer Plague aloud.

What Reading Level is A Summer Plague?

A Summer Plague is suitable for students ages 12 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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