How Long to Read The Boy with the Broken Smile

How Long Does it Take to Read The Boy with the Broken Smile?

It takes the average reader 5 hours to read The Boy with the Broken Smile by Roger DeBeers

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

Description

The Boy With the Broken Smile is a mid-twentieth-century coming-of-age hero's journey based on a true story. At first set in Nazi Germany, the boy helps his Nazi father rescue Jewish children from the death camps. The story begins in a Nazi Lebensborn near Dachau in 1937, moves to Lisbon, Portugal to escape the Nazis pursuing them, to Huntington Beach, California and then to the Mint Hill District of San Francisco from 1941 to 1955. Rodney believes he is the only child of Edith and Norman Baird. His "mother" is an off-and-on alcoholic as well as his dad, who is beaten to near death and dies six days later from sepsis brought on by the savage beating. To soothe her grief, Edith breaks her sobriety and turns to alcohol for her solace, abandoning her son on the streets of San Francisco. By the time Rodney Baird is twelve, he has become a consummate survivor of the tough streets of San Francisco. Rodney learns how to cope-outwitting the predators that roam the streets-but not before he is raped at nine at the Farmer's Market. Revenge stalks Rodney until it is satisfied by the death of the pedophile, and Rodney's involvement in it. The boy's journey growing up is torturous and violent interspersed with hanging out with friends and getting an education. To avoid the youth authorities, Rodney is always clean, well dressed, and never misses a day of school. On his twelfth birthday, Rodney begins an unlikely grandfather-grandson relationship with an elderly Chinese grocer, who he had tried to rob. On his deathbed, the elderly man gives a gun to Rodney, which changes his life and empowers Rodney. The story of Rodney's street life to his high school graduation in 1955 is a San Francisco story set among the working-class inhabitants of an overlooked area of the city by the bay. The story encompasses teen gangs such as the Waller Street Gang, The White Shoe Boys, and the Brown Shoe Boys, streetwalkers, thugs, pimps, playing stoop ball, and swimming in saltwater at Fleishhacker Pool and Crystal Plunge.

How long is The Boy with the Broken Smile?

The Boy with the Broken Smile by Roger DeBeers is 295 pages long, and a total of 75,225 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Boy with the Broken Smile Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 51 minutes to read The Boy with the Broken Smile aloud.

What Reading Level is The Boy with the Broken Smile?

The Boy with the Broken Smile 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.

Where Can I Buy The Boy with the Broken Smile?

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