It takes the average reader 2 hours and 10 minutes to read Alvin by John H. Harding
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A realistic picture of life for the minority poor in the last century unfolds through retold conversations about a locality, a fishing industry, and two wars. This book is a fictionalized biography of Alvin Wormley, an actual person, a remarkable black man who was born the son of a poor tenant farmer in the rural south of 1912. Alvin faced life's perplexities in a segregated society. Through good times and bad he accepted life as it was offered. An honest and sincere man, he lived without malice until his return from army service in World War II. It was only then that he questioned riding in the back of the bus.
Alvin by John H. Harding is 130 pages long, and a total of 32,500 words.
This makes it 44% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 57 minutes to read Alvin aloud.
Alvin 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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