It takes the average reader 1 hour and 12 minutes to read The Cuckoo by Barry Clay
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Patience Bellamy is a middle- aged spinster who lives an unremarkable life trying to make ends meet. Her life is ordinary, one day, she comes home to a basket on her doorstep. In the basket is a baby boy and a note addressed to her by name. The boy's parents plead with her to raise the baby -- and they warn her not to take him to a doctor. But why did the parents leave the baby with her? And why don't the parents want the baby taken to the doctor? This novella has also been collected in the anthology "Brushes with the Supernatural."
The Cuckoo by Barry Clay is 72 pages long, and a total of 18,144 words.
This makes it 24% the length of the average book. It also has 22% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 39 minutes to read The Cuckoo aloud.
The Cuckoo is suitable for students ages 8 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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