How Long to Read Leaving Eastern Parkway

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaving Eastern Parkway?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 46 minutes to read Leaving Eastern Parkway by Matthew Daub

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

Description

A family tragedy forces a Jewish teenage handball prodigy in Brooklyn to examine his identity in this engaging, debut coming-of-age novel. 1991. A fifteen-year-old Hasidic boy living in Crown Heights, Zev Altshul can hardly imagine life without handball. He has a gift for it, and that’s why he’s risking everything to play in a tournament on the Sabbath. But just as he worries about getting caught, his parents are killed in a hit-and-run and everything changes. Now his biggest worry is about where he will live . . . At first, Zev is placed into the care of a family within his close-knit, closed community. But when that arrangement becomes problematic, Zev heads to Urbana, Illinois, to stay with his sister, Frida. The trouble is that she left the Jewish faith behind years ago, and going to her means Zev must turn his back on the only sort of life he knows. The culture shock is intense. At first, it’s just changes to his hair and wardrobe. But then there are things like Star Wars, Shakespeare, Twin Peaks, and pepperoni pizza. It’s a world full of choices he’s never had to consider. And now, like it or not, he must decide the type of man he wants to be . . . Praise for Leaving Eastern Parkway “What a wonderful, evocative, gripping book—it reminds me of the thrill I had when I read Potok novels many years ago!” —Jeremy Dauber, professor at Columbia University and author of Jewish Comedy:A Serious History “An authentic look at the joys and failings of insular religious culture as well as a trenchant depiction of the mind of a teenage boy dealing with trauma and dramatic change. When you enter the world created by Daub, you are transfixed. When you leave, you are wiser for the experience.” —Stuart Rojstaczer, author of The Mathematician’s Shiva “Zev’s story is filled with memorable characters and hard-won wisdom, and the Yiddish and Hebrew that appear throughout lend authenticity. . . It adds up to a surprisingly universal coming-of-age novel about being true to oneself in a world that demands otherwise.” —Publishers Weekly

How long is Leaving Eastern Parkway?

Leaving Eastern Parkway by Matthew Daub is 283 pages long, and a total of 71,599 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Leaving Eastern Parkway Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 31 minutes to read Leaving Eastern Parkway aloud.

What Reading Level is Leaving Eastern Parkway?

Leaving Eastern Parkway 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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