It takes the average reader and 44 minutes to read The Story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion and the Boston Tree by Suzanne Pasternak
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At 9:06 in the morning of December 6, 1917 in the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia two ships collided. Minutes later there was an apocalyptic explosion followed by a blizzard of flying glass, splintered wood and white hot metal falling from the sky. In an instant almost 2,000 people lay dead and another 9,000 wounded and thousands left homeless. This set in motion the greatest rescue mission ever known at the time between the United States and Canada. Within hours, without authority or hesitation the City of Boston and the State of Massachusetts pulled together all their medical resources and...
The Story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion and the Boston Tree by Suzanne Pasternak is 44 pages long, and a total of 11,176 words.
This makes it 15% the length of the average book. It also has 14% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 1 minute to read The Story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion and the Boston Tree aloud.
The Story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion and the Boston Tree is suitable for students ages 8 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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