How Long to Read White Boy Rick

How Long Does it Take to Read White Boy Rick?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read White Boy Rick by Richard Wershe

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Soon to be a major motion picture with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Jason Leigh Meet the boy who ruled the streets of Detroit - and served most of his life in prison as a result. In 1980's Detroit, Rick was a teenage drug-dealing prodigy that ascended through the ranks of a volatile Motor City underworld, rubbing elbows with men twice his age before he could legally drive a car. He averted death in some half-dozen assassination attempts, negotiated million-dollar cocaine deals with Colombian and Cuban drug lords in Miami and Las Vegas, hobnobbed with the Mayor of Detroit, and played ball with a dearth of dirty cops and politicians. At 17, Rick was arrested for a single drug offense and his trial became tabloid fodder across the country. Draped in full-length mink coats, wearing his signature Adidas tracksuit and gold rope-chain around his neck, Rick's sly-grinning face was splashed across newspapers and television news broadcasts. He was presented as the face of youth crime in the crack cocaine era. His romance with the Mayor of Detroit's beautiful niece, almost a decade his senior and the wife of his imprisoned drug-kingpin mentor, only stoked the flames further. What nobody knew was that beyond the veneer of teenage drug chief was a creation of Uncle Sam, a fully bought, paid for and trained undercover operative working exclusively and very secretly for the U.S. government. Today, Rick Wershe, 48, is the longest-serving non-violent juvenile offender in the U.S. prison system - an unfathomable result of the government's War on Drugs in the 1980s. In July 2017 he was finally granted parole. This book will tell his side of the story for the very first time.

How long is White Boy Rick?

White Boy Rick by Richard Wershe is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read White Boy Rick Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read White Boy Rick aloud.

What Reading Level is White Boy Rick?

White Boy Rick 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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