How long does it take to read Gone?
Gone by Michael Grant takes about 10 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 24 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2006. 567 pages, about 155,925 words. Written for children.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears.Gone.Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help.Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen and war is imminent.The first in a breathtaking saga about teens battling each other and their darkest selves, gone is a page-turning thriller that will make you look at the world in a whole new way.
Subjects: Fiction, Supernatural, Good and evil, Juvenile Fiction, Action & Adventure - General, Social Issues - Adolescence
