How Long to Read Children of Hope

How Long Does it Take to Read Children of Hope?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 33 minutes to read Children of Hope by Sandra Rowoldt Shell

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

Description

In Children of Hope, Sandra Rowoldt Shell traces the lives of sixty-four Oromo children who were enslaved in Ethiopia in the late-nineteenth century, liberated by the British navy, and ultimately sent to Lovedale Institution, a Free Church of Scotland mission in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, for their safety. Because Scottish missionaries in Yemen interviewed each of the Oromo children shortly after their liberation, we have sixty-four structured life histories told by the children themselves. In the historiography of slavery and the slave trade, first passage narratives are rare, groups of such narratives even more so. In this analytical group biography (or prosopography), Shell renders the experiences of the captives in detail and context that are all the more affecting for their dispassionate presentation. Comparing the children by gender, age, place of origin, method of capture, identity, and other characteristics, Shell enables new insights unlike anything in the existing literature for this region and period. Children of Hope is supplemented by graphs, maps, and illustrations that carefully detail the demographic and geographic layers of the children’s origins and lives after capture. In this way, Shell honors the individual stories of each child while also placing them into invaluable and multifaceted contexts.

How long is Children of Hope?

Children of Hope by Sandra Rowoldt Shell is 564 pages long, and a total of 143,256 words.

This makes it 190% the length of the average book. It also has 175% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Children of Hope Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 2 minutes to read Children of Hope aloud.

What Reading Level is Children of Hope?

Children of Hope is suitable for students ages 12 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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