It takes the average reader 1 hour and 20 minutes to read El Mesquite by Elena Zamora O'Shea
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The open country of Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande was sparsely settled through the nineteenth century, and most of the settlers who did live there had Hispanic names that until recently were rarely admitted into the pages of Texas history. In 1935, however, a descendant of one of the old Spanish land-grant families in the region--a woman, no less--found an ingenious way to publish the history of her region at a time when neither Tejanos nor women had much voice. She told the story from the perspective of an ancient mesquite tree, under whose branches much South Texas...
El Mesquite by Elena Zamora O'Shea is 80 pages long, and a total of 20,000 words.
This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 24% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 49 minutes to read El Mesquite aloud.
El Mesquite is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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