How long does it take to read Abuela?
Abuela by Arthur Dorros takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1991. 40 pages, about 11,000 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Flight, Grandmothers, Imagination, Hispanic Americans
