How long does it take to read Henry's Freedom Box?
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2007. 40 pages, about 11,000 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, African americans, fiction, Underground railroad, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Slavery
