How long does it take to read Give a Boy a Gun?
Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser takes about 3 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 176 pages, about 48,400 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 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young adult novel that reads like a journalist's notebook as she struggles to understand what happened at a school dance when two of the students confronted the others with guns and bombs.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, School shootings, High schools, Schools, Firearms, Hostages
