How long does it take to read Heart of a Samurai?
Margi Preus
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus takes about 5 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2010. 319 pages, about 87,725 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Relations, Fiction, Historical fiction, Japanese, Foreign relations
