How Long to Read Green Doll: Mother America's Son

How Long Does it Take to Read Green Doll: Mother America's Son?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 36 minutes to read Green Doll: Mother America's Son by Doug Power

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

Description

Here's how it starts: Vardaman is chased by two older boys and he jumps into the elevator shaft and reaches for the steel cable and catches it, seven stories high, but his hands are slipping. He can barely hang on. The elevator is broken because the building is in Chicago, the Cabrini-Green projects, and because the older boys run the building no one wants to venture inside to fix things. The steel fibers rip into Vardaman's fingers and he falls, bruised but alive, one more escape. Not everything fits a label. Vardaman is smart and he does well in second grade. His mother checks his assignments when she gets back from her day shift at the nursing home, and it is there, after work one day, that she meets the wealthy and white middle-aged son of one of the patients. He introduces himself, approaches her as she's bending over the engine of her car that won't start and offers to help, attracted to her youth and exotic beauty. She accepts his help, attracted to his polite scent of money and perhaps a path for her and her son out from the projects. And so begins their cautious but quickened dance of daring as Alexander expands his boundaries and Linda tests the limits of her own. And watching it all is Vardaman, confused by what his mother is doing, afraid of what the brothers will think of her being with a white man, and maybe taking it out on him, and all he wants is for it to be ended. This is a novel about three persons exploring who each one of them really is - in their separate grips of age and race and money - and where their innocence might reside and their happiness might be found.

How long is Green Doll: Mother America's Son?

Green Doll: Mother America's Son by Doug Power is 327 pages long, and a total of 84,039 words.

This makes it 110% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Green Doll: Mother America's Son Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 39 minutes to read Green Doll: Mother America's Son aloud.

What Reading Level is Green Doll: Mother America's Son?

Green Doll: Mother America's Son is suitable for students ages 12 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Green Doll: Mother America's Son?

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