How long does it take to read Bamboo People?
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2010. 280 pages, about 77,000 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Two Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle and in order to survive they must learn to trust each other.
Subjects: Survival in fiction, Juvenile fiction, Burma in fiction, Fiction, Survival
