It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Ntozake Shange's beloved Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo is the story of three sisters and their mother from Charleston, South Carolina. Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother before her. Having gone north to college, she is now living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories and dreams. Cypress, the dancer, leaves home to find new ways of moving in the world. Indigo, the youngest, is still a child of Charleston-"too much of the south in her"-who lives in poetry and has the supreme gift of seeing the obvious magic...
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo aloud.
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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