How long does it take to read Escape from Saigon?
a Vietnam War orphan becomes an American boy
Escape from Saigon by Andrea Warren takes about 2 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 1 minute
An evening's read
First published 2004. 110 pages, about 30,250 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned Amerasian boy from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his departure from Vietnam in the 1975 Operation Babylift and his subsequent life as the adopted son of an American family in Ohio.
Subjects: Vietnamese Americans, Refugees, Orphans, Adopted children, Adoption, Intercountry adoption
