It takes the average reader 1 hour and 5 minutes to read Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued by Peter Sís
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Caldecott Honoree and Sibert Medalist Peter Sís honors a man who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis. In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia—a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved. Czech-American artist, MacArthur Fellow, and Andersen Award winner Peter Sís dramatizes Winton’s story in this distinctive and deeply personal picture book. He intertwines Nicky’s efforts with the story of one of the...
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued by Peter Sís is 64 pages long, and a total of 16,256 words.
This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 20% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 28 minutes to read Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued aloud.
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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