It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Story of Peking Man by Penny Van Oosterzee
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil huntersknew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in backstreetChinese apothecaries. They were sold as 'dragon bones', to be grounddown and made into powerful medicines. When the sources of thesefossils were tracked down they revealed sites rich with the remains ofhorses, rhinoceroses, elephants ... and the ancestors of mankind. Setagainst a background of squabbling Chinese warlords and the Japaneseoccupation.
The Story of Peking Man by Penny Van Oosterzee is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.
This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Story of Peking Man aloud.
The Story of Peking Man is suitable for students ages 12 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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