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How long does it take to read Buried Alive!?

Jacqueline Wilson

Buried Alive! by Jacqueline Wilson takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Part of Biscuit Barrel

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About 2 hours 56 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1999. 160 pages, about 44,000 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 53 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 56 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 50 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A topical, humorous sequel to Cliffhanger about two boys who encounter bullies on holiday, from award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson.Tim's quiet holiday in Wales, with his parents and his best friend Biscuits, unexpectedly becomes truly terribly adventurous. An encounter with two local bully-boys threatens to disrupt Tim and Biscuits's fun but their friendship is also threatened by the arrival of Tim's ebullient friend, Kelly. Tim tells the story in snappy prose punctuated with revealing, illustrated extracts from his and Biscuits's holiday diaries.

Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Bullying, Bullying, fiction, Children's fiction

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