Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood is 5th and 6th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 5 |
SMOG Index | Grade 7 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 6 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 5 |
The estimated word count of Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood is 55,955 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 44 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 6 hrs 14 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 5 mins.
Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood - 55,955 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 6 hrs 14 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 44 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 5 mins |
for Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood
Publishers Weekly: Berkheimer candidly brings her personality to the page in this incredible journey from naivete to wide-eyed maturity. (April 2016)Library Journal: Berkheimer's homespun memoir provides a wistful look back at a simpler time. An appealing counterbalance to more dreary war-era accounts. (May 2016) "Mining companies piled trash coal in a slag heap and set it ablaze. The coal burned up, but the slate didn't. The heat turned it rose and orange and lavender. The dirt road I lived on was paved with that sharp-edged rock. We called it red dog. Grandma said, Don't you go running on that red dog road. But I do." Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers cavort through Drema's childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that reads like a novel, with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Drema's coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa, poetry-writing hobos, and exotic carnivals, and through it all, she serves witness to a multi-generational family of saints and sinners whose lives defy the stereotypes. Just as she defies her own.