How long does it take to read Goodbye, Vietnam?
Goodbye, Vietnam by Gloria Whelan takes about 2 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 29 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1992. 135 pages, about 37,125 words. Written for children.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous sea voyage from Vietnam to Hong Kong to escape the unpredictable and often brutal Vietnamese government.
Subjects: Fiction, Emigration and immigration, Refugees, Sea stories, Juvenile fiction, Vietnam, fiction
