It takes the average reader 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Messenger by K. S. Nikakis
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Severine is sixteen and lives in a world where being female makes her rare, precious and hunted.The daughter of a northern Silverskin woman and a southern black man, she is raised by gay Travelers and that makes her doubly an outsider. But that life ends when her loving Traveler family is murdered. To survive, she sets out on a perilous search for a home but a Sickness, seeded by years of war, has left a world divided by fear and hate.When Severine stumbles upon her father's settlement, she thinks she has found her longed for home but her time there ends catastrophically and she treks north in search of her mother's people, accompanied by a man sworn to protect but with every reason to hate those she seeks.As the dangers escalate, Severine unravels the tragic mystery of her birth and the attempts of others to heal the Sickness's savage legacy. Their struggle becomes her struggle but as the lethal complications mount, it seems that a deadly history is doomed to repeat.In a world made deaf by hatred, who will hear the messenger?
Messenger by K. S. Nikakis is 238 pages long, and a total of 61,404 words.
This makes it 80% 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 35 minutes to read Messenger aloud.
Messenger 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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