It takes the average reader 1 hour and 17 minutes to read Hard times in the slum by Todd Hicks
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Born in a section of Detroit where almost all the residents are people of color and living in poverty, Ramar, Lamar, Shamar and Shamarla Ricks are black (brown) kids who must circumvent drugs, gang activity and other vices to survive. Can these siblings who were born just months apart ward all this off long enough to make it through high school and progress to a better life? Ramar, Shamarla and Lamar will stand up to any bad person who tries to influence them into going down the wrong path. This catches up to them later; after they refuse to join a gang at one point then do something even...
Hard times in the slum by Todd Hicks is 76 pages long, and a total of 19,456 words.
This makes it 26% the length of the average book. It also has 24% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 46 minutes to read Hard times in the slum aloud.
Hard times in the slum is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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