It takes the average reader 2 hours and 44 minutes to read The Only Piece of Furniture in the House by Diane Glancy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"My father, Wood Hume, worked for the railroad. We followed him from town to town, through Texas and Louisiana in the tomato-red sun that sank into the plains. I learned to read on highway signs." So begins the beautifully told story of Rachel and her itinerant Southern family. In The Only Piece of Furniture in the House, Diane Glancy captures the lanĀguage of the rural south in the tradition of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. Sometimes the Humes lived in the Cajun town of Pole Cat Creek, Louisiana, where the children washed cotton bins, but the most permanent home for the eleven...
The Only Piece of Furniture in the House by Diane Glancy is 159 pages long, and a total of 41,181 words.
This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 50% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 45 minutes to read The Only Piece of Furniture in the House aloud.
The Only Piece of Furniture in the House 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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