It takes the average reader 6 hours and 1 minute to read Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A reissue of the classic biographical novel that has sold more than 200,000 copies Lalu Nathoy’s father calls his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his “thousand pieces of gold,” yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. She is sold first to a brothel, then to a slave merchant bound for America. In a new country, she is given the name Polly and eventually auctioned to a saloonkeeper. When admirer Charlie Bemis wins her in a poker game, he frees her from her enslavement and eventually proposes marriage. The two live out their days on a bountiful farm, a...
Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn is 349 pages long, and a total of 90,391 words.
This makes it 118% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 13 minutes to read Thousand Pieces of Gold aloud.
Thousand Pieces of Gold 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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