A girl named Disaster
Our rough guess is there are 77,250 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 5 hours and 9 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 11 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Word Count
77,250 words, Guess
Page Count
309 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegirlnameddisaste00farm_0
- Internet Archivegirlnameddisaste00farm_1
- Internet Archivegirlnameddisaste0000farm
- ISBN-100531095398
- ISBN-100531088898
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.F23814 Gi 1996
- LCCPZ7.F23814Gi 1996
Description
While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
First Sentence
Crouched on a branch of a mukuyu tree,a girl tore open a speckled fruit.
Subjects
Topics
Places
Other Editions
- A girl named Disaster
Similar Books
My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George
Ear, the Eye and the Arm
Nancy Farmer
One crazy summer
Rita Williams-Garcia.
elijah of buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
Adam Gidwitz
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin, Janet Song
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell
2h 25m read
Call it courage
by Armstrong Sperry ; illus. by the author.
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!