It takes the average reader 4 hours and 20 minutes to read Thorns of the Roses by Alfred James Phillips
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
After years of relative tranquility, the mixed-race Miller family experiences a traumatic wake-up call as racial tensions begin to build across the South. Thorns of the Roses is the story of a white family and their adopted Negro child who live in the segregated South in the 1950s and '60s. It is the chronicle of one family's struggle against the consequences of bigotry and prejudice while honoring the triumph of the human spirit. Experience the love, laughter, terror and tears when the family moves from North Carolina to Montgomery, Alabama and attempts to adapt to a 'separate-but-equal'...
Thorns of the Roses by Alfred James Phillips is 260 pages long, and a total of 65,000 words.
This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 55 minutes to read Thorns of the Roses aloud.
Thorns of the Roses is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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