It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Hollywood City Lights by Melvin Yoshio Tanouye
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Jonathon Tanner, only fifteen, is so desperate he decides to run away and boards a bus in Phoenix, Arizona bound for Hollywood, California, in search of his father. Hes running to escape the violence and abuse in his mother, Cheryls home. But the outside world isnt any safer than his home. Hes targeted by a sexual predator on the bus. He narrowly escapes, only to become the victim of bullying thugs who take his wallet with his fathers Hollywood address and telephone number inside. Now alone and broke, he accepts a ride to Hollywood from Marvin, an older man who wants to help him. He lies to Marvin about where hes going and tells him to let him out by Graumans Chinese Theater. Now alone on the streets of a strange city, Jonathon hooks up with the raw underbelly of Hollywood street life when he meets another runaway, Brandy, and her crowd. You, the reader will ache for these youngsters who are trying to survive by any means they can.
Hollywood City Lights by Melvin Yoshio Tanouye is 372 pages long, and a total of 93,744 words.
This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read Hollywood City Lights aloud.
Hollywood City Lights 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.
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