It takes the average reader 2 hours and 1 minute to read The Ballad of Billie Bean by Ian Lewis
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
London, 1913. Fourteen-year-old Billy Bean is a thief. He's also a talented street performer, and he's picked up by Fred Karno's music hall company, that features Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin leaves Karno for the movies, and Billy is sent to America to replace him. Billy also wants to work in movies, and soon he gets his lucky break. When his luck runs out and the movie career goes badly, he finds himself back on the streets, with nothing but his childhood skills and a cheeky grin to keep him from starvation.
The Ballad of Billie Bean by Ian Lewis is 118 pages long, and a total of 30,444 words.
This makes it 40% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 46 minutes to read The Ballad of Billie Bean aloud.
The Ballad of Billie Bean is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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