How Long to Read The Locking Place

How Long Does it Take to Read The Locking Place?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 43 minutes to read The Locking Place by Kate Oliver

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

Description

"Ruby thumbed through the map book without looking at the pages. She leaned her head against the window as they drove to the freeway, thinking about the word navigate which always reminded her of ships, which reminded her of the Navy, which reminded her of her father, far, far away from a house he would never see again." Ruby Brock is having a hard year. First, her Navy father was deployed overseas. Now the bank is foreclosing on her family home, forcing Ruby and her mother to move in with Ruby's aunt, hundreds of miles away. Ruby can't bear to give up her home and her friends, and as Ruby and her mother travel through the mountains of California, a lonely, frustrated Ruby makes a wish-that her mother could be a child again. The mountains grant her wish, and Ruby and her nine-year-old mother enter the Locking Place. A mysterious world hidden in the mountains, the Locking Place is filled with people who have lost more than they could bear, people who seem to stay there forever. The girls are left with nothing but the clothes on their backs and two quests: to find their way out of the Locking Place, and to turn Ruby's mother back into a grown-up. But the longer Ruby's mother remains in a child's body, the more childlike she becomes. And the more determined she is to stay that way-and in the Locking Place-permanently.

How long is The Locking Place?

The Locking Place by Kate Oliver is 162 pages long, and a total of 40,824 words.

This makes it 55% the length of the average book. It also has 50% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Locking Place Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 43 minutes to read The Locking Place aloud.

What Reading Level is The Locking Place?

The Locking Place 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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