How long does it take to read Darkness Before Dawn?
Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Hazelwood High Trilogy
Previous: Forged by Fire
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 256 pages, about 70,400 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 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, High schools, Schools, African Americans, Rape
