Reading Level
What is the reading level of A Workhouse Christmas?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of A Workhouse Christmas is 6th and 7th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
A Workhouse Christmas
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 5 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 8 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 7 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
Reading Time
6 hrs 17 mins
How long to read A Workhouse Christmas?
The estimated word count of A Workhouse Christmas is 94,240 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 6 hrs 17 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 10 hrs 29 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 30 mins.
| A Workhouse Christmas - 94,240 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 10 hrs 29 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 6 hrs 17 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 30 mins |
- Authors
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Kay Brellend
More about A Workhouse Christmas
94,240 words
Word Count
for A Workhouse Christmas
10 hours and 8 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
Discover the Workhouse to War trilogy by Kay Brellend: a new saga series set in the Whitechapel Union workhouse in East London, between 1904 and 1916. . .Christmas Eve, 1909. Eleven-year-old Lily Larkin is left to fend for herself in an East London workhouse after her dying mother is taken to an infirmary: her future looks bleak. Once she is separated from her twin brother, Davy, her childhood hopes seem to shatter. But Lily's fierce spirit - along with her beloved new friends - help her to endure the miserable drudgery of life at South Grove Workhouse and its cruel supervisor, Miss Fox.When a handsome, smartly-dressed gentleman shows up at the workhouse, claiming to be her cousin and with an offer of employment, Lily seizes her chance to escape. But her new job is far from perfect, and her reunion with her brother isn't what she thought it would be. Still, she relishes her freedom from the workhouse, and, finding herself on the cusp of womanhood, is determined to embrace her new life - until a shocking secret from her past is uncovered. As everything she'd ever believed about herself is thrown into confusion, will Lily ever be able to rise above her past?Praise for Kay Brellend'Vividly rendered' Historical Novel Society'A fantastic cast of characters' Goodreads'Thoroughly absorbing' Goodreads