How long does it take to read Akimbo and the Elephants?
Akimbo and the Elephants by Alexander McCall Smith takes about 1 hour 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 17 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1990. 70 pages, about 19,250 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On the African game preserve where his father works, Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to capture a ring of elephant poachers.
Subjects: African elephant, Juvenile fiction, Elephants, Children's fiction, Elephants, fiction, Fiction
