It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Reading Lives by Deborah Hicks
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
While not shying away from the potent obstacles and dislocating challenges experienced by all children restricted by social class, this text lends a measure of hope, humor, and practical insight to the work of teaching literacy to white children with blue-collar families. Alongside her own story of growing up in the rural Southeast of the United States, and the stories other writers -- including Mike Rose, Annie Ernaux, and Janet Frame -- have told about their early reading experiences, Hicks sets her long-term study of two working-class children. She shows how the class-specific language...
Reading Lives by Deborah Hicks is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.
This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Reading Lives aloud.
Reading Lives 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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