How long does it take to read 19 Varieties of Gazelle?
Poems of the Middle East
19 Varieties of Gazelle by Naomi Shihab Nye takes about 2 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2002. 142 pages, about 39,050 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States.
Subjects: Poetry, American poetry, Palestinian American authors, Juvenile poetry, Arab Americans, Children's poetry
