How Long to Read The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel by Mary Helen Stefaniak

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

Description

A hidden history of the South emerges when a worldly teacher leads Threestep, GA, to reinvent itself, setting in motion events that lead to triumph and tragedy for the black teenager who happens to be the smartest person in Piedmont County, Georgia, in 1938–39. As an epigraph from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois reminds us at the start of this novel, "Throughout history, the powers of single black men flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness." Protagonist Theo Boykin is a genius, an artist, an inventor, a Leonardo DaVinci–type, whose talents are sought after by local blacks and whites alike, but even this is not enough to save him. He falls victim to "the tragedy of ignorance and the damage caused by fear," in the words of poet Rita Dove—the first African American to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate and a member of the jury that conferred on The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia the 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Award for books that "make a significant contribution to our understanding of racism and our appreciation for the diversity of human cultures." You won't forget Theo Boykin, nor will you forget his friends the Cailiffs, especially Gladys, who tells this story with love and bewilderment, and the teacher, Miss Spivey, who changes all their lives.

How long is The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel?

The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel by Mary Helen Stefaniak is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel?

The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel 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.

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