How Long to Read Down These Mean Streets

How Long Does it Take to Read Down These Mean Streets?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas

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

Description

Thirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating, lyrical memoir of his coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its African blood. Here was an unsparing document of Thomas's plunge into the deadly consolations of drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery--a descent that ended when the twenty-two-year-old Piri was sent to prison for shooting a cop. As he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El...

How long is Down These Mean Streets?

Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas is 270 pages long, and a total of 67,500 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Down These Mean Streets Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read Down These Mean Streets aloud.

What Reading Level is Down These Mean Streets?

Down These Mean Streets 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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