How long does it take to read Crystal?
Crystal by V. C. Andrews takes about 3 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 180 pages, about 49,500 words. Written for young adults.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
All she wanted was a family she could call her own... As an orphan girl, Crystal was one of many -- and utterly alone. But she still dreamed of a shining life of love and happiness, and freedom from the dark legacy of her past... Bright and fearless, Crystal will discover that new parents can mean new worries.... When the Morrises choose Crystal from all the girls and boys in the orphanage, she is full of optimism -- at last she has a home to call her own. Karl Morris, her new dad, likes math as much as she likes science, and he's already proud of her being a good student. Thelma, her new mom, makes her feel truly wanted for the first time. And though Thelma seems more interested in her television soap operas than in real life, Crystal feels in her heart that their tidy little house will become a real home. Crystal is especially pleased when the Morrises approve of her first boyfriend. But she will soon discover that in her new home, sadness is banished to the back of a closet... and that means no one is prepared when a shocking tragedy comes rattling at the door.
Subjects: Orphans, Girls, Fiction, Adopted children, Teenage girls, Romans, nouvelles
