About This Book
Set in 1960s Mississippi, Layla Jay hopes to please her grandmother and to catch the eye of Jehu, the cutest boy in the ninth grade, by pretending to be saved, but her plan backfires when her mother marries the revival preacher.
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Reading Time Estimates
7h 23m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 19m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 48m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 79,750 words📅 11 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 19 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
5 h 54 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
8 h 52 min
Audio 2x
4 h 26 min
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- 📅11 days reading 30 min/day
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