How long does it take to read Frightful's Mountain?
Frightful's Mountain by Jean Craighead George takes about 4 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of Mountain
Previous: On the Far Side of the Mountain Next: Frightful's Daughter
About 4 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 258 pages, about 70,950 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 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.
Subjects: Falcons, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Peregrine falcon, Wildlife conservation, Animals
