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How long does it take to read Deadline?

Chris Crutcher

Deadline by Chris Crutcher takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 52 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2007. 320 pages, about 88,000 words. Written for children.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 40 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world.How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho? First, Ben makes sure that no one else knows what is going on — not his superstar quarterback brother, Cody, not his parents, not his coach, no one. Next, he decides to become the best 127-pound football player Trout High has ever seen; to give his close-minded civics teacher a daily migraine; and to help the local drunk clean up his act. And then there's Dallas Suzuki. Amazingly perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki, who may or may not give Ben the time of day. Really, she's first on the list.Living with a secret isn't easy, though, and Ben's resolve begins to crumble . . . especially when he realizes that he isn't the only person in Trout with secrets.

Subjects: Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Self-perception, Terminally ill, High schools

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