How Long to Read The Earthquake Child

How Long Does it Take to Read The Earthquake Child?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read The Earthquake Child by Elayne Klasson

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

Description

The Earthquake Child is the story of an adoption, told through the voices of an adoptee, his desperate young birth mother, and his loving but grieving adoptive mother. How can Joshua’s behavior be explained? This question is all-consuming for his adoptive family. Joshua was relinquished at birth, then adopted only days later. Is it his genetic inheritance of substance abuse and generational poverty that causes him to act out, run away and eventually become involved with drugs? Is it the losses he’s experienced in his adoptive family? Or is it the very fact of adoption itself—the trauma of being amputated from his gestational mother to be raised by a family unrelated to him by blood, culture, or biology? What makes our children who they are? These voices and questions will resonate with all parents, but particularly with those who are or have been part of the adoption triangle: adoptees, mothers who have relinquished a child, and parents who’ve added a child to their family through adoption.

How long is The Earthquake Child?

The Earthquake Child by Elayne Klasson is 239 pages long, and a total of 61,901 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Earthquake Child Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read The Earthquake Child aloud.

What Reading Level is The Earthquake Child?

The Earthquake Child 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 Earthquake Child?

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