How long does it take to read Candlelight for Rebecca?
an American girl, 1914
Candlelight for Rebecca by Jacqueline Dembar Greene takes about 1 hour 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 34 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2009. 85 pages, about 23,375 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.
Subjects: Fiction, Jews, Toleration, Hanukkah, Christmas, History
