How long does it take to read Dear Canada?
Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope, Guelph, Ontario, 1897
Dear Canada by Jean Little takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 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
Through the diary of 10-year-old Victoria Cope, we learn about the arrival of ragged Mary Anna, one of the thousands of impoverished British children who were sent to Canada at the beginning of the century. Mary Anna joins the Cope family as a servant and is treated well, but she has to cope with the initial apprehension of the family members and the loss of her brother, Jasper, who was placed with another family. Victoria vows to help Mary Anna find her brother, so they can be a family once again.
Subjects: Home children (Canadian immigrants), Diaries, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Friendship
