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Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America by Jonathan Kozol

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Keythe Farley (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America is an audiobook by Jonathan Kozol: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Keythe Farley, released August 28, 2012, on the Social Science shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Keythe Farley
Released
August 28, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science
ISBN
9780449012604

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America audiobook?

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America?

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America is narrated by Keythe Farley.

Is Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.