It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read Keeping Secrets by Rita Durrett
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the coming-of-age novel, 'Keeping Secrets', three-year-old Caitlyn Grant's mother passed away and left her living with the step-father. Now she is seventeen and pregnant. She fears being forced to get an abortion if her stepfather finds out. He doesn't know yet, and if she can help it, he never will. Gathering courage from her mother's childhood lessons of faith, Caitlyn goes to school as usual one morning and disappears. Facing the world as a runaway, she has the challenge of hiding from her step-father and keeping her past hidden from those in her new world. She is desperate to find a home, safety and security. What she finds is a formidable, rugged and handsome Forest Thompson. He wants to be a part of her life, but there are so many things she can't tell him. How many secrets can a young girl keep without being found out? Keeping Secrets is a story of courage, determination, and most of all, it is a story of love.
Keeping Secrets by Rita Durrett is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.
This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read Keeping Secrets aloud.
Keeping Secrets is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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