It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read The Storyteller's Bracelet by Smoky Trudeau Zeidel
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
It is the late 1800s, and the push to remove Native American children from their tribal homes to attend schools in the east to learn the ways of the white man is in full swing. When 17-year-old Otter is forcibly removed from his tribe and sent to school, he fights to retain his Indian identity, but soon finds himself fighting a losing battle. Encouraged by Sun Song, the young woman from his tribe whom Otter hopes to some day marry, Otter throws himself into his coursework.Given the biblical name Gideon, Otter excels in his studies, and within a year earns the trust of his teachers and school officials. Sent to work as a gardener at the home of the wealthy Thatcher family from town, Gideon meets Rachel, the feisty daughter who soon steals his heart. Their affair is uncovered when Rachel becomes pregnant, and Gideon finds he must flee for his life from the wrath of her racist father.More than one hundred years later, Lark Waterman inherits a bracelet from her grandmother¿a storyteller's bracelet, with pictographs that reveal a tragic story from Lark's family history, a history her grandmother had been forbidden to explore. Lark sets off on a journey to decipher the meaning of the bracelet. She soon meets Sophia, a healer and seer who recognizes Lark too has the power of sight.With Sophia's guidance, Lark learns to tap into her gift of sight, a gift that soon proves crucial to understanding the meaning of the bracelet. The two women set off for the Southwest, following the clues of the bracelet, on a journey to unlock a secret from Lark's past that just might allow her to reclaim the birthright denied her grandmother a century earlier.
The Storyteller's Bracelet by Smoky Trudeau Zeidel is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.
This makes it 67% 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 33 minutes to read The Storyteller's Bracelet aloud.
The Storyteller's Bracelet 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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