It takes the average reader 4 hours and 16 minutes to read From Shaw Island to the Sahara by Carole Davis
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A book of short stories that take the reader from chicken ownership, gardening and beach combing on a tiny island in the Pacific Northwest to Africa, Central America and Asia. Laugh your way through sleeping in a Costa Rican brothel, the perils of gypsy caravans in Ireland, peeing in Japan, gagging over caviar in the Sudan, sleeping atop a VW van below Kilimanjaro, an Italian soap opera and a sari falling off in a crowded train station in India. Cry your way through the garbage dumps of Guatemala, a tragic rape in Costa Rica, the townships of apartheid, and an amazing reunion with a child...
From Shaw Island to the Sahara by Carole Davis is 253 pages long, and a total of 64,009 words.
This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read From Shaw Island to the Sahara aloud.
From Shaw Island to the Sahara is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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