It takes the average reader and 16 minutes to read Five Miles from Outer Hope by Nicola Barker
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
An instant classic of teenage self-discovery by prize-winning Nicola Barker, an "anarchic and lovingly perverse writer" (Ali Smith) Summer, 1981. Medve, sixteen years old and six foot three in her crocheted stockings, is marooned in a semi-derelict hotel on a tiny island off the coast of Devon, England. There's nothing to do but paint novelty mugs, dream of literary murders, and despair of her gothically unprepossessing family--including Mo, her sex toy-inventing mother; Poodle, her shamefully flat-chested sister; and four-year-old Feely, who wants to grow up to be a bulimic. Until one day a...
Five Miles from Outer Hope by Nicola Barker is 16 pages long, and a total of 4,096 words.
This makes it 5% the length of the average book. It also has 5% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 22 minutes to read Five Miles from Outer Hope aloud.
Five Miles from Outer Hope is suitable for students ages 6 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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