How long does it take to read Blood on the River?
Blood on the River by Elisa Lynn Carbone takes about 4 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 237 pages, about 65,175 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Indians of North America, Juvenile fiction, Powhatan Indians
