It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read By the Lake of Sleeping Children by Luis Urrea
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
By the Lake of Sleeping Children explores the post-NAFTA and Proposition 187 border purgatory of garbage pickers and dump dwellers, gawking tourists,and relief workers, fearsome coyotes and their desperate clientele. In sixteen indelible portraits, Urrea illuminates the horrors and the simple joys of people trapped between the two worlds of Mexico and the United States - and ignored by both. The result is a startling and memorable work of first-person reportage.
By the Lake of Sleeping Children by Luis Urrea is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.
This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read By the Lake of Sleeping Children aloud.
By the Lake of Sleeping Children is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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