It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and ordered by the Indians to start walking. The grueling journey -- three hundred miles north to a Kahnawake Indian village in Canada -- takes more than 40 days. At first Mercy's only hope is that the English government in Boston will send ransom for her and the other white settlers. But...
The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney is 258 pages long, and a total of 66,564 words.
This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read The Ransom of Mercy Carter aloud.
The Ransom of Mercy Carter is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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