It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Rattlebone by Maxine Clair
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Interconnected tales set in a black Kansas City community. “Strong, melodic, and honest . . . We need stories like these to replenish us.” —Terry McMillan In Rattlebone, a “fictional” black community north of Kansas City, the smell of manure and bacon from Armour’s Packing House is everywhere; Shady Maurice’s roadhouse plays the latest jazz; the best eggs are sold by the Red Quanders; and gospel rules at the Strangers Rest Baptist Church. This is the black Midwest of the 1950s, when towns could count their white folks on one hand—the years before the Civil Rights movement came along and...
Rattlebone by Maxine Clair is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.
This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read Rattlebone aloud.
Rattlebone 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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