It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by Cynthia DeFelice
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A Matter of Life or Death It's 1849, and twelve-year-old, Lucas Whitaker is all alone after his whole family dies of a disease called consumption which has swept through the community. Lucas is grief-stricken and filled with guilt. He might have saved his mother, who was the last to die, if only he had listened to news of a strange cure for this deadly disease. Unable to manage the family farm by himself, Lucas finds work as an apprentice to Doc Beecher, doctor, dentist, barber and undertaker. Doc amputates a leg as easily as he pulls a tooth, yet when it comes to consumption, he remains...
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by Cynthia DeFelice is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.
This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker aloud.
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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