How long does it take to read Dicey's Song?
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt takes about 5 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Tillerman Cycle
Previous: Homecoming Next: A Solitary Blue
About 5 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 291 pages, about 80,025 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Momma abandoned Dicey Tillerman and her three siblings in a mall parking lot and was later traced to an asylum where she lay unrecognizing, unknowing, she left her four children no choice but to get on by themselves. They set off alone on foot over hundreds of miles until they finally found someone to take them in. Grams rundown farm isnt perfect, but they can stay together as a family which is all Dicey really wanted. But after watching over the others for so long, its hard for Dicey to know what to do now. Her own identity has been so wrapped up in being the caretaker, navigator, penny counter, and decision maker that shes not sure how to let go of some responsibilities while still keeping a sense of herself. But when the past comes back with devastating force, Dicey sees just how necessary and painful letting go can be.
Subjects: Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Family life, Juvenile fiction, Families, Family
