How long does it take to read Farmer Boy?
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder takes about 6 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Little House on the Prairie
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About 6 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1933. 372 pages, about 102,300 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 69 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The first in the 'Little House' books. Describes Almanzo Wilder as a child growing up on a farm in rural New York from the time he is around 8 years old. Introduces all of Almanzo's family - parents, brothers and sisters.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Farm life, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Family, Family life, Fiction
