It takes the average reader 2 hours and 51 minutes to read The Language of Dragonflies by Michael Fortescue
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This tightly constructed novel is set in the fictitious village of Slatefield, where dinosaur bones were first found in England. The arrival of a writer of popular books at the house of his brother, an Oxford archaeologist, stirs up an old rivalry. A strange stone has been unearthed from a local quarry bearing what looks like an ancient script and the two brothers have very different interpretations of its contents. For the archaeologist it is clearly a fake, but for his brother and his artist wife it opens a window to a prehistoric civilization, going back even to the age of the giant...
The Language of Dragonflies by Michael Fortescue is 171 pages long, and a total of 42,921 words.
This makes it 58% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 54 minutes to read The Language of Dragonflies aloud.
The Language of Dragonflies is suitable for students ages 10 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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