It takes the average reader 2 hours to read Being Jack by Jill Atkins
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A powerful story of triumph over adversity. Main boy character Jack is a popular football player at school. He is keen to make a start at the activity week in Snowdonia, but when tragedy strikes his world is upended. An accident on the mountain leaves him paralysed in both legs and unable to walk. Confined to a wheelchair, Jack faces the toughest fight of his life. Being Jack is part of the Reluctant Reader Teenage Fiction series, published by Ransom Publishing, a specialist publisher for reluctant and struggling readers. The Reluctant Reader Teenage Fiction books offer dramatic, shorter stories (just 120pp each) for readers who may find longer books too daunting, but who still want fast-paced, inspiring stories. Being Jack is ideal for reluctant readers aged 13 years and up, with a reading age of 10 years and up.
Being Jack by Jill Atkins is 120 pages long, and a total of 30,000 words.
This makes it 40% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 43 minutes to read Being Jack aloud.
Being Jack is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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