It takes the average reader 2 hours and 1 minute to read Travels with Tara by Valorie C. Goldenbrook
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The author's third novella is a story of awakening. A young runaway named Shiloh sets out on a life adventure. Her traveling companion is a wild dog named Tara. Shiloh and Tara spend four years roaming gypsy-like and hitchiking from state to state. As she crosses the threshold of adolescence she confronts sadistic sexual exploits, armed robbery with an escaped convict, an old man's kindness and indulgence, a lifeline thrown by a poor girl, and an older woman's loving support. On turning eighteen Shiloh loses her fear of being apprehended as a runaway. Now a legal adult living on Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts) three thousand miles from California. Feeling safe she contacts a former school frined only to learn that her beloved grandmother died. Grandmother Cora left Shiloh claims to gold mines in California. In the second half of the story Shiloh and Tara return to California in an old VW bus to claim her inheritance. Their adventures include a murder, a shocking environmental tragedy, and romance.
Travels with Tara by Valorie C. Goldenbrook is 118 pages long, and a total of 30,444 words.
This makes it 40% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 46 minutes to read Travels with Tara aloud.
Travels with Tara is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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