How long does it take to read A Long Walk to Water?
Linda Sue Park, Ginger Knowlton
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Ginger Knowlton takes about 2 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 30 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2008. 136 pages, about 37,400 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 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Refugees, fiction, Survival, fiction, Blacks, fiction, Africa, east, fiction, Water
