How long does it take to read I'll Get There, It Better Be Worth the Trip?
John Donovan
I'll Get There, It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1969. 189 pages, about 51,975 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Thirteen-year-old Davy has a difficult time adjusting to his grandmother's death and life in New York with his erratic mother. He becomes close friends with a male classmate at his new school. The friendship later turns sexual, eventually causing Davy to struggle with feelings of guilt. It was one of the first mainstream teen novels to deal with homosexuality.
Subjects: Teenage boys, Families, Juvenile fiction, Interpersonal relations, Friendship in adolescence, Fiction
