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How long does it take to read Anger Is a Gift?

Mark Oshiro

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro takes about 8 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 29 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2018. 463 pages, about 127,325 words. Written for children.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 14 hours 9 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 29 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 18 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

MOSS JEFFRIES is many things--considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd. But sometimes Moss still wishes he could be someone else--someone without panic attacks, someone whose father was still alive, someone who hadn't become a rallying point for a community because of one horrible night. And most of all, he wishes he didn't feel so stuck. Moss can't even escape at school--he and his friends are subject to the lack of funds and crumbling infrastructure at West Oakland High, as well as constant intimidation by the resource officer stationed in their halls. It feels sometimes that the students are treated more like criminals. Something needs to change--but who will listen to a group of teens? When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes again, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift. This description comes from the publisher.

Subjects: Anger, Anxiety, Police shootings, Teenagers, Fiction, Children's fiction

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