It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. A book that delivers on the promise that it is “laugh-out-loud funny.” Some say that the first hints that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came from his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the...
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid aloud.
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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