It takes the average reader 4 hours and 58 minutes to read Roadwalkers by Shirley Ann Grau
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From the author of The Keepers of the House, a “beautiful” novel following a black mother and daughter through the Great Depression and Civil Rights era (The Boston Globe). Mary is an orphaned, homeless, African American child, abandoned by the rest of her family and left to care for her younger brother. She becomes a “roadwalker,” a nomad who wanders across the rural south and quickly learns to rely on herself to survive. When she grows up to become a successful artist and a designer, she has a daughter of her own, Nanda, and she’s determined to hold her child close. But when Nanda is...
Roadwalkers by Shirley Ann Grau is 294 pages long, and a total of 74,676 words.
This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 48 minutes to read Roadwalkers aloud.
Roadwalkers 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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