How long does it take to read Child of the Owl?
Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1977. 222 pages, about 61,050 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 | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Subjects: Chinese Americans, Fiction, Grandmothers, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction
