It takes the average reader 2 hours and 23 minutes to read My Children Have Faces by Carol Campbell
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This well-wrought story is drawn from Campbell’s firsthand knowledge of the karretjiemense (donkey cart people) of the Great Karoo, a vast area of parched earth and craggy mountains in South Africa. Through the voices of Kapok and Muis, the parents, and Fansie and Witpop, the two oldest children, we come to know an undocumented karretjiemense family and their bare-bones lifestyle. Kapok, who tries to find work where he can but uses alcohol to escape reality, is not concerned that the children don’t have government-issued IDs. Muis feels differently: “Without government names, who will the...
My Children Have Faces by Carol Campbell is 142 pages long, and a total of 35,784 words.
This makes it 48% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 15 minutes to read My Children Have Faces aloud.
My Children Have Faces 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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