Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Desert Raven is 5th and 6th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 4 |
SMOG Index | Grade 7 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 6 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 5 |
The estimated word count of The Desert Raven is 94,085 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 28 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 30 mins.
The Desert Raven - 94,085 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 10 hrs 28 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 6 hrs 17 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 30 mins |
for The Desert Raven
Maggie Tall Bear Sloan, half Irish, half Yurok, and one-hundred percent gutsy, is a retired criminologist who shapeshifts into the Pukkekwerek, the Yurok nation’s monster-killing raven. After she brings down a cannibalistic child murderer possessed by a Manitou, Maggie, and her lover, Jake Lubbock, a former sheriff, move from the mountains in Northern California to a desert town in southern California. Maggie and Jake settle into their new community; with one goal, an enjoyable retirement. She buys a pub, Jake writes a book, they both join the town's law enforcement reserves, spending Sundays with family. All is well for Maggie and Jake until the local sheriff shows them photos of a dentist, his wife, and teenage son, roasted over separate fires on spits, their flesh cannibalized. The police dub the murderer, “The Aunt Lorrie’s Salt Killer,” because the murderer’s calling card is a container of the salt balanced on the victims’ corpses. Maggie suspects The Salt Killer may be The Chenoo, an ice-demon from Passamaquoddy and Micmac lore.The sheriff calls on Maggie and Jake to lead a task force to investigate, and that’s when things get strange. To complicate things, Sally, a ghost, and Maggie’s closest friend, materializes to warn Maggie of an impending and unavoidable tragedy: someone close to Maggie will die.