How long does it take to read Finding Buck McHenry?
Alfred Slote
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote takes about 4 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 250 pages, about 68,750 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Eleven-year-old Jason, believing the school custodian Mack Henry to be Buck McHenry, a famous pitcher from the old Negro League, tries to enlist him as a coach for his Little League team by revealing his identity to the world.
Subjects: African Americans, Baseball, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Afro-Americans, Blacks
