Reading Level
What is the reading level of Drought?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Drought is 8th and 9th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Drought
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 6 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 9 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 8 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
Reading Time
3 hrs 26 mins
How long to read Drought?
The estimated word count of Drought is 51,460 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 26 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 44 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 55 mins.
| Drought - 51,460 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 5 hrs 44 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 26 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 55 mins |
- Authors
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Teresa Meyerhoeffer Christensen
More about Drought
51,460 words
Word Count
for Drought
276 pages
Pages
5 hours and 32 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
Do you believe that a drought of the land which causes many people to die of famine or a drought of the human soul that affects the lives of those nearest him/her is more devastating? Can droughts of the soul can be more damaging than those of the soil? The analogy buried in the book Drought uncovers the dichotomy (or juxtaposition) of both. In one storyline we meet Anoop, a boy who lives in 1876 India and is named for water yet battles the lack of water on his family farm. The desire of his heart is to do something great, maybe by bringing water to the world, but he ends up watering in a greater capacity. In the second storyline, Conifer, named for an evergreen tree, is an autistic twin living in Oregon over one hundred years later who speaks only in rapped song lyrics. This human Conifer needs to be watered to enable him to grow and become the mature man that he was destined to be despite having a father that nurtures his son’s roots with nothing but drought. The reality that we all need water to survive is artistically portrayed in this analogical tale with a touch of history and science added for depth.