How long does it take to read Annie John?
Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John takes about 2 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1983. 148 pages, about 40,700 words. Written for young adults.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Annie John follows a girl growing up on Antigua, a Caribbean island. As a young child, she adores her mother and trails after her everywhere, so she is stunned and hurt to learn that she will one day have to live in a separate home. While her mother works to shape her into a proper young lady, Annie starts at a new school, where she has to prove herself in the classroom and find friends. The novel draws in themes such as racism, poverty, education, and the clash between scientific medicine and local folk remedies.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: domestic fiction, mothers and daughters, teenage girls, Fiction, Coming of age, Fiction, general
