How long does it take to read After the First Death?
After the First Death by Robert Cormier takes about 4 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 233 pages, about 64,075 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 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between.
Subjects: Fathers and sons, Fiction, Terrorism, Hijacking of buses, Children's fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction
