It takes the average reader 4 hours and 11 minutes to read The Ruby by Leland Nichols
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Great story for ages 15 and up, The Ruby chronicles the life of a hillbilly family in the Ozark wilderness of Missouri during the Great Depression, and their attempt to cope with mounting problems brought on by the mysterious arrival of a time-traveler from two-thousand years in the future who has become stranded. The time-portation device has worn out and Dorian finds himself in an unfamiliar and primitive life. While searching for a replacement of the failed component-a ruby-he is taken in by the impoverished farm family and falls in love with one of the daughters. Eventually he discovers a...
The Ruby by Leland Nichols is 246 pages long, and a total of 62,976 words.
This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 77% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Ruby aloud.
The Ruby is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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