Reading Time
4 hrs 23 mins
How long to read The New American?
The estimated word count of The New American is 65,565 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 4 hrs 23 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 7 hrs 18 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 26 mins.
| The New American - 65,565 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 7 hrs 18 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 4 hrs 23 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 26 mins |
- Authors
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Micheline Aharonian Marcom
More about The New American
65,565 words
Word Count
for The New American
288 pages
Pages
7 hours and 3 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
One of 2020’s most anticipated books by The Millions and Ms. Magazine The epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student, a “dreamer,” who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California.One day, Emilio learns a shocking secret: he is undocumented. His parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, had never told him. Emilio slowly adjusts to his new normal. All is going well, he’s in his second year at UC Berkeley...then he gets into a car accident, and—without a driver’s license or any ID—the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Once deported to Guatemala, Emilio is determined to get back to California, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the United States–Mexico border, meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees, and told in lyrical prose, Micheline Aharonian Marcom weaves a heart-pounding and heartbreaking tale of adventure. The New American tells the story of one young man who risks so much to go home.