How Long to Read Sitting on Top of the World

How Long Does it Take to Read Sitting on Top of the World?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 50 minutes to read Sitting on Top of the World by Steven L. Richards

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

Description

After nine year old Jew, Kurt (Walker) Wagner is expelled out of Nazi Germany; he begins a seven year odyssey that culminates with his adoption in America. It is during this journey he learns that his unknown father is a Nazi Brownshirt and never seen ten year old Christian brother lived only blocks from him. This true story exploration of family and faith weaves together the voices of the main characters to answer Kurt's question, "Why?" The complex set of facts that answer this question, begins with the stunning revelation of an unwanted pregnancy that forces the marriage of Kurt's parents. Over the 1930's, a seemingly resilient Kurt bears witness to family members who wither under the effects of mental illness, divorce, poverty, lies and an emerging Nazi Germany. Then in October 1940 when the Holocaust was still unthinkable, Kurt and his family are deported to a concentration camp in France, where Kurt's mother makes the tortured decision to allow Kurt to escape the camp for a safe house in the Pyrenees Mountains. In the emotional moments before Kurt leaves the camp, his promise to his grandfather to be a good Jew becomes a controlling commitment that he believes will forever keep his family alive. Fourteen months later when Kurt's mother says "Yes" one last time so that he could escape to America, Kurt's faith is painfully challenged when he learns that his father and brother are Nazis. When Kurt eventually moves in with a wealthy Chicago foster family in October of 1943, Kurt's brother, Heinz is confronted with his own truth, that he is a Jew. His immediate search to find his lost family is cut short when he is forced to join the Hitler Youth Corp in order to ensure his survival as one of the last Jews in Germany. This story of emotionally wounded brothers reaches a climax in 1947 when Kurt's foster family begins their well intentioned, but questionable adoption that conceals from Kurt that his parents, grandparents and brother may all be alive.

How long is Sitting on Top of the World?

Sitting on Top of the World by Steven L. Richards is 530 pages long, and a total of 132,500 words.

This makes it 179% the length of the average book. It also has 162% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sitting on Top of the World Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 4 minutes to read Sitting on Top of the World aloud.

What Reading Level is Sitting on Top of the World?

Sitting on Top of the World 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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