It takes the average reader 2 hours and 39 minutes to read The Summer of 1957 by Judith E. Powell
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the summer of 1957, eight-year-old Penelope Evans was sexually molested. Two months later, the man who molested her was found dead in his car from a gunshot wound to the head. It was ruled a suicide. Now, thirty-six years later, Elizabeth Scott—the granddaughter of the dead man and a police investigator—wonders why her beloved grandfather would commit suicide. Elizabeth is intent on finding out if it really was suicide or if he was actually murdered. Unaware of Penelope’s experience in 1957, Elizabeth asks her former childhood friend to help get the case reopened. Penelope refuses, and...
The Summer of 1957 by Judith E. Powell is 156 pages long, and a total of 39,936 words.
This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read The Summer of 1957 aloud.
The Summer of 1957 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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