How long does it take to read Avalanche?
Arthur Roth
Avalanche by Arthur Roth takes about 2 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 34 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1979. 140 pages, about 38,500 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fourteen-year-old Chris and his brother Terry were just going out for a little skiing and a little hunting. The hungry coyote seemed an easy mark, but the echoing crack of the rifle sets off an avalanche, and Chris is buried alive under a mountain of snow. No one saw him go under. He is all alone.
Subjects: Wilderness survival, Skiing, Avalanches, Survival, Landslides, Fiction
