It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Where Once Was Peace by Jim Perkins
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Tam Alexander's life is peaceful and bucolic until a string of unfortunate events threatens to destroy his peace. His girlfriend dies in a vehicle accident, he shoots a man to defend his stepfather and he has to go to war in Vietnam where he must kill or be killed. In Vietnam his best friend dies alongside him in a muddy foxhole. Tam struggles not to give in to bitterness and anger because of the tragedies that have befallen him. When he returns home to the small town where he grew up his former friends don't seem to understand or care what he's been through. Good advice from a clergyman and a budding new romance put him back on the road to that place Where Once Was Peace.
Where Once Was Peace by Jim Perkins is 290 pages long, and a total of 72,500 words.
This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 36 minutes to read Where Once Was Peace aloud.
Where Once Was Peace is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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