How long does it take to read Ashen Winter?
Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin takes about 10 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2012. 580 pages, about 159,500 words. Written for children.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
More than six months after the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, Alex and Darla retrace their steps to Iowa hoping to find Alex's parents and bring them to the tenuous safety of Illinois, but the journey is ever more perilous as the remaining communities fight to the death for food and power.
Subjects: Volcanoes, Survival, Fiction, Science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
