It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2011 and shortlisted for the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction and NSW Premier's Literary Award Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature Melina Marchetta's brilliant, heart-wrenching new novel takes up the story of the group of friends from her best-selling, much-loved book Saving Francesca - only this time it's five years later and Thomas Mackee is the one who needs saving. Thomas Mackee wants oblivion. Wants to forget parents who leave and friends he used to care about and a string of one-night stands, and...
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.
This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read The Piper's Son aloud.
The Piper's Son is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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