How long does it take to read Going on Sixteen?
Going on Sixteen by Betty Cavanna takes about 4 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1946. 220 pages, about 60,500 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Novel for young teenagers. Fourteen-year-old Julie tries to escape her own sense of inadequacy and her friends' talk of boys and parties by devoting herself to raising an orphaned collie pup. She gains in confidence through her relationship with the dog and also develops as a artist.
Subjects: Self-acceptance, Interpersonal relations, Dogs, Fiction, Children's fiction, Dogs, fiction
