It takes the average reader and 40 minutes to read Follow the Drinking Gourd by Wim Coleman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Slavery in the United States became illegal in the 1860s. Before that, many slaves found their way north by following the Big Dipper, or the Drinking Gourd as they called it. Our story begins in 1880 with Old Ellie and Old Sam, two escaped slaves who share their brave story along the path to freedom called the Underground Railroad.
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Wim Coleman is 40 pages long, and a total of 10,000 words.
This makes it 13% the length of the average book. It also has 12% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 54 minutes to read Follow the Drinking Gourd aloud.
Follow the Drinking Gourd is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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