How long does it take to read Dar and the Spear-Thrower?
Dar and the Spear-Thrower by Marjorie Cowley takes about 2 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 33 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1994. 139 pages, about 38,225 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 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young Cro-Magnon boy living 15,000 years ago in southeastern France is initiated into manhood by his clan and sets off on a journey to trade his valuable fire rocks for an ivory spear thrower.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Prehistoric peoples, Magdalenian culture, Fiction, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction
