How long does it take to read Dear Canada?
With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald, Johnstown, Quebec, 1783
Karleen Bradford
Dear Canada by Karleen Bradford takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2002. 221 pages, about 60,775 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 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Mary's family sides with the British against the American rebels, they are branded traitors and forced to flee their home. All they have is what they can carry with them - and their determination and courage - when they head north toward Canada. Along with other Loyalists they hope to start a new life in Québec, where there is land for those who have been loyal to the King. But the journey is treacherous, the winter bitterly cold, and the MacDonalds find it hard to survive. Even with supplies from Britain, clearing the land to build their home is a struggle... but one they survive to forge a new life in a new land.
Subjects: Diaries, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction, United States, United Empire loyalists
