It takes the average reader 2 hours and 23 minutes to read Bitter Melon by Jeff Gillenkirk
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1915, a group of immigrants from the Zhongshan area of southern China built their own town on rented land in the Delta, called Locke. The last town in America that was built and inhabited exclusively by Chinese, Locke provided all the services needed by a population of mostly male farm laborers. Main Street offered a wild vitality known far and wide, with five gambling halls and at least as many brothels, plus restaurants, markets, opium dens and boarding houses with rooms to rent for as little as $5 a month. With vivid historical and contemporary photographs and poignant oral histories...
Bitter Melon by Jeff Gillenkirk is 142 pages long, and a total of 35,784 words.
This makes it 48% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 15 minutes to read Bitter Melon aloud.
Bitter Melon is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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