How Long to Read Brooklyn's Barren Island

How Long Does it Take to Read Brooklyn's Barren Island?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Brooklyn's Barren Island by Miriam Sicherman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Unbeknownst to most of the city's inhabitants, a rural community of garbage workers once existed on a now-vanished island in New York City. Barren Island was a swampy speck in Jamaica Bay where a motley group of new immigrants and African Americans quietly processed mountains of garbage and dead animals starting in the 1850s. They turned the waste into useful industrial products until their eviction by Robert Moses, in the name of progress, in 1936. Barren Islanders built businesses, fought fires, demanded a public school and worshipped at churches as they created a quintessentially American community from scratch. Author Miriam Sicherman tells the story of a Brooklyn neighborhood lost in the annals of New York City history.

How long is Brooklyn's Barren Island?

Brooklyn's Barren Island by Miriam Sicherman is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Brooklyn's Barren Island Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Brooklyn's Barren Island aloud.

What Reading Level is Brooklyn's Barren Island?

Brooklyn's Barren Island 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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