How Long to Read Cousins

How Long Does it Take to Read Cousins?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 40 minutes to read Cousins by Geraldine G Girard

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

Description

This is a story set in the North Carolina Mountains. It is about two families of Scotch-Irish and also French decent. It centers on one 11 year old girl and her 6 year old sister and two boy cousins, one 13 years old and the other is 8 years old. The story begins in the year 1914. The author got many ideas for this book from an elderly lady (in her 90s) who was asked to take part in an oral history for her community by the Director of the Rural Life Museum which was part of the University Library. At that time the author of this book was a student at the University and she was studying to be a teacher as well as an art student. The sweet elderly lady decided she wanted to write this story down into a book and she wanted to add illustrations, at least ten of them. (We ended up with 40 illustrations) This is what brought these two together. While the lady was writing her book of community history, the University decided to ask the lady and the student (author) to do an Elderhostal Class for the University. The lady told the author (artist) many stories she did not put in her book, one of these stories became the "Fire" and another the "Grandfather". There really was a Frenchman who came to this community with his trained monkey that danced beside the organ grinder. And that little monkey is really buried in the family cemetery. The author also included stories that her father told her such as the "Ghost". This story was of a haunting young women who killed her husband in the early 1800s. She was hung for it in 1838 and this too is a true story from these mountains.

How long is Cousins?

Cousins by Geraldine G Girard is 100 pages long, and a total of 25,000 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cousins Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 16 minutes to read Cousins aloud.

What Reading Level is Cousins?

Cousins 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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