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How long does it take to read Candyfloss?

Jacqueline Wilson

Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson takes about 4 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 39 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2006. 254 pages, about 69,850 words. Written for children.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 46 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 39 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 55 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Another brilliantly evocative portrait of modern life from the mega bestselling Jacqueline Wilson.Floss's parents split up when she was younger and she now divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her mum's new boyfriend and her new baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But then their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss's mum decides to move to Australia for six months. Floss has to choose whether to go with her or stay with her dad. She picks her dad and they muddle along happily together, surviving on chip butties and enjoying visits to the local funfair. But then disaster strikes, Dad's money troubles catch up with him and they have to move out of the cafe. They're homeless - but can their new fairground friends help out?Another gripping and emotionally involving slice of family life from the award-winning, bestselling author, Jacqueline Wilson

Subjects: Divorce, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Fathers and daughters, Schools, Friendship

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