It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Up North by Anne W. Smallidge
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This is a story about love of place. Of challenges as that place changes. Maines lumber business is dying. The environmentalists are calling for legislation which will make clear cutting illegal. People from away are moving in. Paula, from away is hated by Howard, the assistant sheriff. Rose, a grandmother travels to Belize, frequently. Her daughter, Shirley works and runs the only restaurant, The Hole, in the town of Jackson, in northern Maine. John is the local sheriff, and ex-husband to Shirley. They still secretly still love each other. And, finally, their eighteen-year-old daughter, who also works at The Hole, is prostituting herself in order to get enough money to escape Jackson and move to Florida. One of these women will die at the end of the story.
Up North by Anne W. Smallidge is 168 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.
This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Up North aloud.
Up North is suitable for students ages 10 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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