How Long to Read Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent

How Long Does it Take to Read Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 55 minutes to read Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent by John W Green

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

Description

John Green's family moved to Lee-on-the-Solent just in time for the outbreak of war in 1939. For a seven-year-old, war sounded like an exciting adventure, but as he sheltered with his mother and sister under the stairs during an air-raid, someone said they thought they heard machine-gun fire. They all held their breath and listened, but the noise turned out to be the rhythmic rat-a-tat of his mother's trembling knee knocking against the panelling. In this delightful memoir, John W Green describes what it was like to grow up in a ‘village of two halves’, with the western end inhabited by well-to-do families, and the eastern end by the people who served them. It was commonly thought that the shopkeepers reserved the better-quality groceries and nicer cuts of meat for the west-enders and for the officers’ hoity-toity wives. He vividly describes how he became a rebellious child, going bird-nesting, running wild in Court Barn, scrumping apples, collecting ammunition, scavenging on the Ranges, and ‘borrowing’ a boat to row on the Alver. As he grew up, his hang-outs changed and he met his friends ‘up the Tower’, at the Bluebird Café or in the amusement arcade. Despite his reputation for being a rebel, John followed in his father’s footsteps by joining the RAF before becoming a ‘Marconi man’ in the merchant navy, sailing to every corner of the world.

How long is Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent?

Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent by John W Green is 173 pages long, and a total of 43,769 words.

This makes it 58% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 59 minutes to read Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent aloud.

What Reading Level is Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent?

Growing up in Lee-on-the-Solent is suitable for students ages 10 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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