How Long to Read Daddy Was a Number Runner

How Long Does it Take to Read Daddy Was a Number Runner?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 38 minutes to read Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether

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

Description

This modern classic is “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly). Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it’s both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved “daddy” of the title indeed becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work, and while one of Francie’s brothers dreams of becoming a chemist, the other is already in a gang. Francie is a dreamer, too, but there are risks in everything from going to the movies to walking down the block, and her pragmatism eventually outweighs her hope; “We was all poor and black and apt to stay that way, and that was that.” First published in 1970, Daddy Was a Number Runner is one of the seminal novels of the black experience in America. The New York Times Book Review proclaimed it “a most important novel.”

How long is Daddy Was a Number Runner?

Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether is 155 pages long, and a total of 39,525 words.

This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Daddy Was a Number Runner Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 35 minutes to read Daddy Was a Number Runner aloud.

What Reading Level is Daddy Was a Number Runner?

Daddy Was a Number Runner 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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