How long does it take to read Gentle Ben?
Walt Morey, John Schoenherr
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey, John Schoenherr takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1965. 191 pages, about 52,525 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 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory.
Subjects: Bears, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Kodiak bear, Alaska, Accelerated Reader
