How Long to Read Polio Boys

How Long Does it Take to Read Polio Boys?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Polio Boys by James W Ure

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

James Ure’s remembrance of his father’s childhood is as vivid as Stephen King’s Stand by Me, conjuring for readers another time and place—one that will be familiar to older readers with a memory of the polio pandemic and of interest to a younger generation because Ure writes with such honesty. Despite being raised a Mormon, James’s namesake father “Jimmy” took to smoking, drinking, and swearing at an early age. An even greater break with his culture was his interest in reading everything in sight at the local library, a young person’s entry into a world beyond the limits of Depression-era Utah. As the firstborn son of a voluble and controlling father, Jimmy was diagnosed with polio as a child, one of thirty million victims worldwide, but he could never forgive the Mormon elders for promising him a recovery that never came. As with many polio victims, the affliction returned to plague him as he aged. James learned the details of these experiences in his father’s outpourings. Puzzling over why fate created such dramatic mood swings in a man so dear to him, he decided to write his father’s story and determine how polio shaped his own life.

How long is Polio Boys?

Polio Boys by James W Ure is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Polio Boys Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 33 minutes to read Polio Boys aloud.

What Reading Level is Polio Boys?

Polio Boys 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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