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How long does it take to read Babe & Me?

a baseball card adventure

Dan Gutman

Babe & Me by Dan Gutman takes about 2 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 2 hours 57 minutes

An evening's read

First published 2000. 161 pages, about 44,275 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 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 57 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 51 minutes

The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

On October 1, 1932, during Game Three of the Chicago Cubs -- New York Yankees World Series, Babe Ruth belted a long home run to straightaway centerfield. According to legend, just before he hit, Babe pointed to the bleachers and boldly predicted he would slam the next pitch there.Did he call the shot or didn't he? Witnesses never agreed. Like other baseball fans, Joe Stoshack wants to know the truth. But unlike other fans, Joe has the astonishing ability to travel through time and solve one of baseball's greatest puzzles....

Subjects: Fathers and sons in fiction, Ruth, Babe, in fiction, Baseball in fiction, Juvenile fiction, Baseball cards in fiction, Fathers and sons

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