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How long does it take to read Brian's Winter?

Gary Paulsen

Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen takes about 2 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Part of Brian's Saga

Previous: The River Next: Brian's Return

About 2 hours 26 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1996. 133 pages, about 36,575 words. Written for children.

5 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 4 hours 4 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 26 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 31 minutes

The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. Finally, as millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if he had been left to face his deadliest enemy--winter?Gary Paulsen raises the stakes for survival in this riveting and inspiring story as one boy confronts the ultimate test and the ultimate adventure.From the Paperback edition.

Subjects: Survival in fiction, Winter, Juvenile fiction, Survival skills, Winter in fiction, Fiction

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