How long does it take to read Hoops?
a novel
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers takes about 3 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 183 pages, about 50,325 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake.
Subjects: Basketball, Basketball stories, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, African American teenagers
