It takes the average reader 3 hours and 23 minutes to read Antie Em by S. L. Kotar
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Kimbo is doing midnight duty at the CANS office when he receives a peculiar call. Someone is asking for the time. Annoyed at the seeming inanity of the question he is about to hang up when the man explains all electronic devices throughout the city have failed. Suspecting no more than a mundane power outage, Kimbo nevertheless decides to investigate. Immediately confirming the caller's story, he finds cars stalled at intersections and the city darkened by a total lack of electric lighting. Intrigued, he traces the extent of the power outage, discovering it covered an erratic pattern inconsistent with the power grid. Wandering into one of the "hippy" cafes, he engages a number of patrons in conversation. The young people, speak mysteriously of "electromagnetism" which they style "Auntie EM," a "bloodless coup," and of "taking over the world by becoming kings and queens. Before he can discover more about the wannabe conquerors, they disperse, leaving him with more questions than answers. Kimbo and Gypsy investigate further and discover there had been two other such incidents where power in an irregularly-shaped area had occurred. The first was at an exclusive grammar (high) school and the second was across Theatre Row. Investigating the school first, they learn the power outage happened just before final exams and permanently postponed a play the seniors were scheduled to perform that night. Discovering the title of the production was "Auntie EM," supposedly a farce on The Wizard of Oz," they establish a tenuous connection between the disruptions of electricity and the "Auntie EM" thespians.Kimbo obtains information that puts him in contact with the group. He discovers, their pseudonyms are characters from Oz, the leader being Dorothy, followed by the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and Toto. Representing himself as a famous they confess their need for an editor to write an ending for their play. He is admitted him into the coterie and from that point, it is up to Kimbo's writing prowess (with a few moral lapses) to bring the play to a proper conclusion.
Antie Em by S. L. Kotar is 202 pages long, and a total of 50,904 words.
This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Antie Em aloud.
Antie Em 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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