It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad in this Edgar Award–winning book from Virginia Hamilton. The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend—two fugitive slaves had been killed by bounty hunters after leaving its passageways, and Dies Drear himself, the abolitionist who had made the house into a station on the Underground Railroad, had been murdered there. The ghosts of the three were said to walk its rooms…
The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.
This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read The House of Dies Drear aloud.
The House of Dies Drear is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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