It takes the average reader 3 hours to read At the Deep End by Michael Harrison
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
James knows all about stranger danger. But surely his own mother doesn't count - even if he has never met her before.So when Julia turns up out of the blue to take him on holiday, he goes along with her. But he soon starts to realize her behaviour is strange and erratic. First she whisks him off to France, along with Beth, a girl they've only just met. Then she starts skipping out of hotels without paying, makingfriends with English tourists and bamboozling them into paying for things for her, writing cheque that she knows are sure to bounce....James is desperate to get back home, but can he really just walk away? Julia is his mother, after all...
At the Deep End by Michael Harrison 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 At the Deep End aloud.
At the Deep End 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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