It takes the average reader 7 hours and 21 minutes to read Yesterday's Child by Lynda Carpenter
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
While on a field trip to Bodie, Ca., schoolteacher Lilly Dey, who is about to be married, steps into a dilapidated whorehouse and is suddenly whirled back in time to 1880, where she finds a "customer." Assuming she is a prostitute, he demands she get into bed. Lilly finds herself living in an era when Bodie was the rowdiest gold mining town east of the Sierra Nevada. Her life becomes entangled with prostitutes and outlaws and a devilishly handsome bounty hunter who shoots her and tries to bury her alive. She learns about love, loyalty and deceit. And she brings to Bodie a slice of...
Yesterday's Child by Lynda Carpenter is 428 pages long, and a total of 110,424 words.
This makes it 144% the length of the average book. It also has 135% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 3 minutes to read Yesterday's Child aloud.
Yesterday's Child 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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