It takes the average reader 3 hours and 15 minutes to read Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair by Susan Sheehan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
On October 7, 1984, Crystal Taylor gave birth to a baby boy whom she named Daquan. Crystal was only fourteen. She was living with a boyfriend whom she was too young to marry, and her mother was addicted to heroin and cocaine. So under the law, Crystal and Daquan became wards of New York State’s foster-care system—a sprawling, often slipshod web of boarding facilities, halfway houses, and paid surrogates that cares for almost 60,000 children. Life for Me Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair is the story of what happened to Crystal and Daquan, as well as to Crystal’s mother, who herself had grown up in...
Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair by Susan Sheehan is 193 pages long, and a total of 48,829 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair aloud.
Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair 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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