It takes the average reader and 57 minutes to read Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book by Lawrence Hill
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Censorship and book burning are still present in our lives. Lawrence Hill shares his experiences of how ignorance and the fear of ideas led a group in the Netherlands to burn the cover of his widely successful novel, The Book of Negroes, in 2011. Why do books continue to ignite such strong reactions in people in the age of the Internet? Is banning, censoring, or controlling book distribution ever justified? Hill illustrates his ideas with anecdotes and lists names of Canadian writers who faced censorship challenges in the twenty-first century, inviting conversation between those on opposite...
Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book by Lawrence Hill is 56 pages long, and a total of 14,336 words.
This makes it 19% the length of the average book. It also has 18% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 18 minutes to read Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book aloud.
Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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