It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read The Shadow of El Centro by Jessica Ordaz
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Bounded by desert and mountains, El Centro, California, is isolated and difficult to reach. However, its location close to the border between San Diego and Yuma, Arizona, has made it an important place for Mexican migrants attracted to the valley's agricultural economy. In 1945, it also became home to the El Centro Immigration Detention Camp. The Shadow of El Centro tells the story of how that camp evolved into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service Processing Center of the 2000s and became a national model for detaining migrants—a place where the policing of migration, the...
The Shadow of El Centro by Jessica Ordaz is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.
This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read The Shadow of El Centro aloud.
The Shadow of El Centro is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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