How Long to Read Rosa Lee

By Leon Dash

How Long Does it Take to Read Rosa Lee?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Rosa Lee by Leon Dash

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

Description

Based on a heart-rending and much discussed series in the Washington Post, this is the story of one woman and her family living in the projects in Washington, D.C. A transcendent piece of writing, it won the Pulitzer Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.For four years Leon Dash of the Washington Post followed the lives of Rosa Lee Cunningham, her children, and five of her grandchildren, in an effort to understand the persistence of poverty and pathology within America's black underclass. Rosa Lee's life story spans a half century of hardship in the slums and housing projects of...

How long is Rosa Lee?

Rosa Lee by Leon Dash is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rosa Lee Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Rosa Lee aloud.

What Reading Level is Rosa Lee?

Rosa Lee 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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