How Long to Read Ghost Tide

How Long Does it Take to Read Ghost Tide?

It takes the average reader and 16 minutes to read Ghost Tide by Ben Carrdus

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In the tradition of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress comes a funny, sad and wildly original tale of two lost souls, set in a remote mountain town in northwest China.Xiezi (meaning 'peg') is the eldest of four girls - tall, athletic and dark skinned. Living with her downtrodden mother and her tyrannical party official father, she daily suffers the scorn of being born female, and if this isn't enough, must also live with the tragic deaths of her three younger brothers ...Next door lives Dandan, born a boy but, according to ancient tradition, raised by his grandmother as a girl till the age of 12. After suffering endless schoolyard taunts for his feminine ways, he is then initiated into 'manhood' in an ancient and bizarre ritual. Of course 12 years as a girl can't be shaken off so easily, and Dandan struggles with his new identity ... As the madness of the Cultural Revolution conspires with mother nature and sweeps through the village, Xiezi, Dandan and their families suffer and triumph, laugh and cry, and try as best they can to make sense of the new world order. And then, incredibly, after flood and famine, violence and hypocrisy, denunciation and recrimination, a tender love blooms between two outcasts - as yin and yang are miraculously fused ...

How long is Ghost Tide?

Ghost Tide by Ben Carrdus 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.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ghost Tide Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 22 minutes to read Ghost Tide aloud.

What Reading Level is Ghost Tide?

Ghost Tide 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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