How long does it take to read Farm Boy?
Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman
Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman takes about 2 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 2 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 111 pages, about 30,525 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 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For years, Joey was a war horse, pulling ambulance carts and artillery through the battlefields of World War I. Finally, he returned to Albert and the farm. Now, decades later, Albert's son loves to tell his own grandson stories about the remarkable horse, including its feats in the war and of the time the family risked everything betting that Joey could win a daring race.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Agriculture, Grandparent and child, History, Fiction, Children's fiction
