It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read Places of Greater Safety by Hilda Hollingsworth
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Hilda Hollingsworth's story of the World War II evacuation of nearly 1 million children from London's big cities to so called Places of Greater safety just prior to the Nazi blitz offers a look at the Christian side of the holocaust. Hilda and her sisters lived with a series of foster families in the relative safety of Wales, some kind, some punitive. The result is a testament to the courage and ingenuity of young people who meet with the kindness of strangers and child abuse. One of the best books ever written about wartime Britain from a child's perspective. It can be read alongside The Diary of Anne Frank.
Places of Greater Safety by Hilda Hollingsworth is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.
This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read Places of Greater Safety aloud.
Places of Greater Safety is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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