How long does it take to read A Small Person Far Away?
A Small Person Far Away by Judith Kerr takes about 4 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 4 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 232 pages, about 63,800 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Anna, who left Berlin as a refugee to escape the Nazis, is forced to return there to visit her sick mother, and in the process is faced with the past she has shut out for so long. Suggested level: junior secondary.
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction, general, Responsibility, Jewish refugees, Guilt
