It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel by Edmund White
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A landmark American novel, hailed by the New York Times as J.D. Salinger crossed with Oscar Wilde, is masterfully reimagined as a timeless graphic novel. A Boy’s Own Story is a now-classic coming-of-age story, but with a twist: the young protagonist is growing up gay during one of the most oppressive periods in American history. Set in the time and place of author Edmund White’s adolescence, the Midwest of the 1950s, the novel became an immediate bestseller and, for many readers, was not merely about gay identity but the pain of being a child in a fractured family while looking for love in an...
Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel by Edmund White 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.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel aloud.
Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel 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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