How long does it take to read Dear Canada?
Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt
Dear Canada by Kit Pearson takes about 4 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2002. 220 pages, about 60,500 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 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When war breaks out between the United States and Great Britain in 1812, eleven-year-old Susanna chronicles her experiences when her father and brother go off to fight leaving the women to fend for themselves on the family farm on the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada.
Subjects: Diaries, Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Juvenile fiction
