It takes the average reader 2 hours and 19 minutes to read Song for Anninho by Gayl Jones
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This exquisite book-length poem is set in colonial Brazil, following the destruction of Palmares, the last of seven fugitive slave enclaves beset by the Portuguese. Amid the flight and reenslavement of its inhabitants emerges the love story of Anninho and Almeyda, former African slaves. Song for Anninho offers readers some of Gayl Jones's very best verse.
Song for Anninho by Gayl Jones is 136 pages long, and a total of 34,816 words.
This makes it 46% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 10 minutes to read Song for Anninho aloud.
Song for Anninho is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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