How long does it take to read A Jar of Dreams?
A Jar of Dreams by Yoshiko Uchida takes about 2 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 24 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1981. 131 pages, about 36,025 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young girl grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice.
Subjects: Fiction, Japanese Americans, Family life, Prejudices, Families, Historical fiction
