How long does it take to read Farewell to Manzanar?
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston takes about 3 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1758. 176 pages, about 48,400 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 38 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of one spirited Japanese American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention...and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the United States. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
Subjects: Concentration camps, Japanese, Evacuation of civilians, Manzanar War Relocation Center, Japanese Americans, Japanese in the United States
